Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal, organised an India-UK knowledge exchange on ‘forest standards, certification and products traceability’, with the support of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and the UK government on Wednesday.
This workshop was part of the larger piece of work proposed to be delivered through UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions) on timber traceability and certification in the agroforestry sector.
The Director IIFM, K Ravichandran, presented an overview of the Indian Forest and Wood Certification Scheme (IFWCS), ‘PRAMAAN’, launched by the Union Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change on December 12, 2023. IFWCS-PRAMAAN is a national initiative by the Government towards assurance of sustainable forest management in the country with a vision to be mutually recognised by other national initiatives available globally.
