Publications
Africa Palm Oil Initiative briefing 1: Action Plan on Oil Palm Development in Africa
This is part of a series of seven briefing notes documenting the progress of the initiative from its inception in 2014 onwards.
1 July 2014Categories: APOI / Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative Africa Palm oil
Common Guidance for the Identification of HCVs
This practical user manual offers guidance for the interpretation and identification of HCVs globally, for any type of ecosystem, and across all natural resource sectors and standards. It is intended for HCV assessors, especially...
1 October 2013
RSPO Africa Roadshow briefing notes
The RSPO Africa Roadshow is an awareness raising and capacity building programme aimed at supporting best practice in planning and expansion of oil palm plantations in West and Central Africa.
The programme provides a series of...
1 May 2012
The Sustainable Forestry Handbook - 2nd Edition
The Sustainable Forestry Handbook is the essential aid to understanding and implementing new standards of forestry management. Aimed primarily at forest managers and management teams in tropical, developing countries, this...
1 December 2004
A Sourcebook for Landscape Analysis of High Conservation Value Forests
The concept of High Conservation Value Forests (HCVFs) originated as a means to ensure that the most important forest values were correctly managed in the context of Forest Stewardship Council certification, and hence in...
1 January 2003- English (2.37 MB)
Categories: People Nature Production landscapes Timber
Assessing Forest Certification Schemes: A Practical Guide
This practical guide identifies and discusses the features which make forest certification schemes reliable and effective, providing users with a sound basis for making their own assessment of a particular scheme.
Download: Asses...
1 January 2002- English (388 kB)
