GFTN - Central Africa
Main Regional Contact
(Regional Forest Officer)
WWF Central Africa Regional Programme Office (CARPO),
Yaounde
To promote, support and guide logging companies that understand how good logging practices can lead to a market advantage, WWF has set up GFTN - Central Africa for responsible forest management and trade.
GFTN-Central Africa - part of WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) - is a platform for partnership between forest managers/ processors and other stakeholders committed to:
- responsible forest management
- credible and independent certification of forest management and chain of custody.
GFTN-Central Africa facilitates access to markets where logging companies can sell their goods, and provides technical and financial support to help companies achieve certification.
GFTN-Central Africa provide services for many countries in the central africa region, including Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, DR COngo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of Congo.
Latest News & Publications
Industry Partnership Launched to Protect World’s Threatened Forests
New Delhi, India: An international partnership between WWF and the forest products industry - the Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) - has today launched a new national arm, the Global Forest & Trade Network-India (GFTN-India). » Read more
FSC still the best
WWF recently commissioned an assessment of the two global forest certicification schemes, using the Forest Certification Assement Guide (FCAG). Based on this latest FCAG assessment as well as other previous assessments, WWF concludes that FSC still best meets WWF's core requirements for forest certification. » Read more
09 Nov 2008
Good Practice Guidelines for HCV Assessments: A Guide for Practitioner & Auditors
This document sets out good practices for the identification and management of High Conservation Values (HCVs), and HCV forests and areas. » Read more
GFTN Quarterly Newsletter, October 2008
Major highlights: The development of GFTN in Laos and India; new Rules of Participation to further improve the programme; the need for a credible certification in India; how being legal is NOT always enough, the far reaching impacts of U.S. Lacey Act; and more on GFTN's global progress...
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