Verification in the Forest Sector of British Columbia, Canada
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VERIFOR is a research partnership between ODI, CATIE, CIFOR and RECOFTC, with funding from the European Union and the Governments of the Netherlands and Germany. It seeks to ensure that timber and forest products are legally harvested, and will help producer nations establish verification systems with high national and international credibility. Visit our website at http://www.verifor.org/. Case Study
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