Issuance of certified emission reductions

Sources Individual certification systems, country correspondents, Forest Certification Watch and Canadian Sustainable Forestry Certification Collation, 2005.

are among the top 100 certified albums according to the RIAA.

Monitoring markets for certified forest products and certification

Secretariat support for IASC is provided as and when necessary by an Inter Agency Support Unit (IASU) within the Department of Humanitarian Affairs.

The mechanism is generating considerable flows of capital and technology for low carbon growth in countries hosting such projects.

Eduard L. Akim, Saint Petersburg State Technological University, Russian Federation

Potential supply of certified timber, at 22 of timber consumption, exceeds demand.

Certified forest area in the UNECE region 1999 2005

Certified forest area in the UNECE region, 1997 2005

Other countries did not increase their certified forest area significantly.

Approximately 58 of the present global total certified forest area is found in North America.

Percentage of forest area certified by regions, 2005

Standard statistics based chapters are presented on sawn softwood, sawn hardwood, wood based panels, wood raw materials and pulp and paper.

One result of the tripling of the certified forest area in Canada since 2003 is that almost 95 of all certified forest is now located in the northern hemisphere.

Starbucks has moved 90 of its coffee purchases to preferred C.A.F.E.

Share of certified area by major schemes, 2005

Today we are joined by Andrew, one of our Haas certified technicians

2004 Total area of forests certified reaches 33 million acres (130,000 km²).

The number of suppliers and contractors qualified to participate in electronic bidding has gradually increased.

The enhanced taxiway centerline is standard at all FAR Part 139 certified airports in the USA.

The tropical timber assessment was once again performed thanks to our colleagues in ITTO Steve Johnson, Statistician Forest Economist, Michael Adams, Market Information Service Coordinator, Jairo Castaño, Systems Analyst, and Masaki Miyake, Statistical Assistant.

Martti Aarne, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland

Mykola Afanasyav, State Statistical Office, Ukraine

Since 2000 the certified forest area has seen an exponential annual increase, mainly due to certification by Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC), formerly known as the Pan European Forest Certification System Canadian Standards Association (CSA) system Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) in North America and American Tree Farm System (ATFS) in the US.

The rate of increase in the forest area certified by both FSC and PEFC has been steady throughout the last years, while the forest area approved by ATFS in the US has slightly decreased year on year.

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) model posits a U shaped relationship between the entrepreneurial activity in an economy or region and national income.24 Entrepreneurs are divided into necessity entrepreneurs (i.e. those trying to start a business because they have no job options) and opportunity entrepreneurs (i.e. entrepreneurs fulfilling the traditional functional roles of risk seeking, innovativeness and opportunity seeking).

certified providers, and the company is approaching its stated goal to purchase 100 of its coffee through C.A.F.E or other 'ethically sourced' certification systems.

Craig Adair, APA The Wood Engineered Association, United States

Note If a forest area has not been certified to more than one standard, the respective area has been counted to each of certifying schemes involved hence the grand total of certified forest area in this graph shows a higher amount (approximately 1.5 million hectares more) than exists in reality.

For the entire region, exports posted the third year of growth (graph 1.1.2).

The graph therefore shows a higher amount of forest area certified than there exists in reality.

Highlights Certified forest area increased by more than one third during the last year, to 241 million hectares, mainly due to an increase in Canada by the Canadian Standards Association scheme.

The graph therefore shows a higher amount of total forest area certified than there exists in reality.

Certified forest as a percentage of total forest area, by regions, 2005

Wi Fi devices certified since 2006 support both the WPA and WPA2 security protocols.

The use of FSC certified wood and wood products is required in all LEED programs.

Note If a forest area has been certified to more than one standard, the area is only counted once, hence the grand total of certifications is less than the sum of individual totals.

Notes This graph shows all forests certified by major third party certification schemes listed below.

Notes This graph shows all forests certified by major third party certification schemes listed below.

To avoid these potential problems, Parties, sponsors or intermediaries can purchase the credits and submit to the secretariat the proof that these credits were cancelled Non CDM development projects should be selected taking into consideration such principles as completeness, consistency, accuracy, transparency, relevance and conservativeness.

Additional chapters discuss markets for certified forest products, value added wood products and tropical timber.

Michael Adams, ITTO, Japan

Western Europe certifies 50 , and North America 30 , of their forests

In 2005, 60 of the world's certified forest area is located in North America, and 36 in western Europe.