The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads the implementation of the initiative in coordination with the United Nations Environment Programme and with funding from the Government of Norway. [...] Together, partners of the initiative aim to increase national commitments to fostering legal and sustainable trade and investment in wood products in the Lower Mekong region, to strengthen forest and land governance and to reduce illegal logging. [...] A big thanks goes to the Department of Forestry, the Provincial Agriculture and Forest Offices of Bokeo and Luang Prabang, the Lao Biodiversity Association and Mekong Timber Plantation (Lao PDR), Advancing Life and Regenerating Motherland and the Kachin Conservation Working Group (Myanmar), WWF (Thailand) in working together in the training events and policy dialogues. [...] Briefly explain the key terms of the two major types of forest certification: • Forest management certification used by the FSC and sustainable forest management certification used by the PEFC • CoC certification used by both mechanisms Highlight the characteristics and requirements of each certification scheme. [...] It is a way of informing consumers about the sustainability of the forests from which wood and other forest products were produced.”3 Forest certification is a market mechanism to promote the sustainable use and management of forests and to identify “sustainably produced” products for the consumer.
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