Project/activity information

The main goal of the project is to promote and facilitate the implementation of reduced impact logging. Subsidiary objectives include:
1. Increasing awareness of key forestry sector stakeholders?managers of forest industry groups; officers of government forestry agencies, NGOs, media and community leaders?of the requirements and benefits of improved planning and implementation of logging.
2. Strengthening the capacity of forestry institutions to promote and facilitate the implementation of reduced-impact logging.
3. Establishing a corps of forest technicians, supervisors and forest workers trained in practical techniques of implementing Reduced Impact Logging (RIL).
4. Enhancing opportunities for forest certification