Our partners in forest certification are national and international government and non-governmental organisations. Here you can find selected examples with links.

National

• German Development Service (DED)
  The German Development Service (DED) is a leading European personnel secondment service. Its areas of activity include the conservation and management of natural forests and community forest management. We work with DED in implementing projects in partner countries.
  www.ded.de
• Capacity Building International, Germany (InWEnt)
  Capacity Building International, Germany (InWEnt) is a non-profit organisation for international human resource development, further education and dialogue.
  We cooperate on forest certification training workshops for experts in GTZ partner countries.
  www.inwent.org
• KfW Entwicklungsbank (KfW development bank)
  The KfW development bank finances investments and reform programmes in developing countries on behalf of the German Government. In the forest sector we cooperate and exchange experience on the theme of forest certification.
  www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de

International

• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
  The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation committed to ecologically and socially responsible forest use. We have worked closely with FSC throughout the world for several years.
  www.fsc.org
• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
  The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is committed to nature conservation and the preservation of biodiversity. One of its priorities is forest conservation. WWF is also engaged in sustainable forestry and cooperates with us in implementing individual tasks.
  www.wwf.org
• Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
  The research institute Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) based in Costa Rica is our partner for conducting studies and disseminating information in the region.
  www.catie.ac.cr
• Forest Trends
  The non-governmental organisation Forest Trends markets products from sustainable forestry and cooperates with us on individual research tasks.
  www.forest-trends.org
• Yale University: Yale Program on forest certification
  Yale University maintains a study and research programme for forest certification. We collaborate on selected research topics, such as the social and economic impacts of certification.
  www.yale.edu/forestcertification/
• Indonesian Ecolabelling Institute (LEI)
  We cooperate with the Indonesian Ecolabelling Institute (LEI), in developing standards and promoting recognition of the FSC certification system.
  www.lei.or.id/
• Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC)
  We have been cooperating with the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) in developing standards.
  www.mtcc.com.my
• Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal e Agrícola (Imaflora)
  The Brazilian certification organisation Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal e Agrícola (Imaflora) works in the field of sustainable standards for agriculture and forestry. We have been cooperating for many years and support their backstopping of the Brazilian Buyers’ Group of Certified Timber.
  www.imaflora.org
• Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia (Imazon)
  The Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia (Imazon) is a Brazilian non-profit research institute that supports sustainable development in the Amazon. We work together in the field of education.
  www.imazon.org.br
• Friends of the Earth
  The environmentalist organisation Friends of the Earth in Brazil is engaged in protecting the Amazonian rainforest. Together we support the Brazilian Buyers’ Group of Certified Timber.
  www.amigosdaterra.org.br
  compradores.amazonia.org.br