Downloads | Forest Transparency

Downloads by year

Making the Forest Sector Transparent Programme Completion Report
^{The Programme Completion Report for DFID, following the standard format and in accordance with the Aid Transparency Guarantee of the UK Government.}
Making the Forest Sector Transparent Final Evaluation
^{The independent Final Evaluation for DFID, following the standard format and in accordance with the Aid Transparency Guarantee of the UK Government.}
Logging in the Shadows: How Vested Interests Abuse Shadow Permits to Evade Forest Sector Reforms
An analysis of recent trends in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, and Liberia

Annual Transparency Report 2012
^{The latest comparative study of transparency in the forest sectors of seven developing countries: the Making the Forest Sector Transparent Annual Transparency Report 2012.}
VPA Transparency Gap Assessment 2012
^{Summary document of assessments in Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia of what information is currently available in the public domain to meet the requirements set out in the respective VPAs.}
Indicators Template 2012
^{Guide to the methodology and template form with the 20 indicators for the 2012 report card}

Annual Transparency Report 2011
^{The latest comparative study of transparency in the forest sectors of seven developing countries: the}^{Making the Forest Sector Transparent}^{Annual Transparency Report 2011.}
Press Release: Commitments Must Be Acted On
^{The Press Release for the launch of the 2011 Report Card.}
Project Information Note
^{A four-page briefing on 2011 Report Card results and the impacts in each country.}
Fourth Annual Progress Report to DFID
^{The fourth Annual Report to DFID, for the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012, following the standard format and in accordance with the Aid Transparency Guarantee of the UK Government.}
Mid-Term Review of the Programme
^{The programme Mid-Term Review, conducted by our independent external monitoring and evaluation provider, theIDLgroup}

Annual Transparency Report 2010
^{A unique comparative study of transparency in the forest sectors of five developing countries: the Making the Forest Sector Transparent Annual Transparency Report 2010.}
Press Release: Putting People at the Centre of Forest Law-making
^{Announcing Global Witness' release of the second annual transparency report.}
Full set of transparency indicators 2010
Transparency in Nepal’s Forest Sector: A Baseline Assessment of Legal Indicators, Provisions and Practices
^{This report, commissioned by LFP, has tried to quantify transparency in Nepal’s forest sector in a way that follows an internationally recognised system as developed by Global Witness. This is the first attempt to measure forest sector transparency in Nepal and doing it has highlighted some important achievements and issues for future consideration.}
Third Annual Progress Report to DFID
^{The third Annual Report to DFID, for the period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011, following the standard format and in accordance with the Aid Transparency Guarantee of the UK Government.}

Annual Transparency Report 2009
^{The innovative report card is the result of a collaborative project with campaign groups in Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and Peru. It assesses 70 transparency indicators across 15 themes ranging from 'Are forest land use / ownership maps available?' to 'Are logging contracts made public?' and 'Is there a Freedom of Information Act?'.}
Full set of transparency indicators 2009
International Agreements 2009
How do report cards help?
^{This background paper was originally developed to help guide Global Witness and its local partners in their original research into and development of an appropriate report card format for Making the Forest Sector Transparent. The paper offers suggestions and points at relevant source materials.}
Second Annual Progress Report to DFID
^{The second Annual Report to DFID, for the preriod 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010, following the standard format and in accordance with the Aid Transparency Guarantee of the UK Government.}

First Annual Progress Report to DFID
^{The first Annual Report to DFID, for the period 1 September 2008 to 31 March 2009, following the standard format and in accordance with the Aid Transparency Guarantee of the UK Government.}