Useful Links

Guidance/ Tool

Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper-Based Products
Based on a report by World Resource Institute, this website helps procurement managers to make an informed choice by providing an overview of the key tools, initiatives, programs and labels currently available.

FSC Controlled Wood Toolkit
An online guidance to help FSC certificate holders and other stakeholders navigate and understand how to comply with the new FSC Controlled Wood Standard.

FSC Certification Database Search

Reports

ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
The TTM provides market trends and trade news from around the world, as well as indicative prices for over 400 tropical timber and added-value products. To view the reports, free registration is required.

Projects

Verifor
a research and advisory project, founded in 2003 with the aim of providing practical support to decision-makers who are developing systems to verify that timber and forest products are legally harvested.