VERIFOR is an ODI-led research project which will work with partner institutions in tropical countries to ensure that timber and forest products are legally harvested. It will help producer nations put in place verification systems with high national and international credibility.
VERIFOR focuses on:
- Institutional Options
- Equitable solutions which support the principles of good governance.
The objective is to help develop institutional options for verification which are country-specific, nationally owned, socially inclusive and oriented to good governance. The project will promote knowledge about verification systems, in a non-partisan way, to national governments in forest-rich countries, as well as to the forest industry and civil society groups, and the international development community.