Targeting Sustainability of Forests through Certification and NCCF Standards 

Introduction: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC
Speaker: Shri A.K. Srivastava, IFS (retd.), Director General, Network for Certification and Conservation of Forests (NCCF), New Delhi
Chair: Mr. Ben Gunneberg, CEO and Secretary General, The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification, Geneva, Switzerland

The talk will elaborate on the work of NCCF and how certification is an emerging global movement that supports sustainable development, while ensuring compliance to all forest and wildlife related legislations, rights of local communities including tribal and workers, economic growth, fair trade, livelihoods, value chains, consumer protection, and also enhancing competiveness, technological innovation and quality of health and safety of forest workers, biodiversity and environmental conservation.

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