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n ATIBT - Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux, one NGO created upon request from FAO and OCDE, in 1951, whose headquarter is in Paris, France.


n ITTO - International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO, International Tropical Timber Organization/OIBT, Organisation Internationale des Bois Tropicaux), whose headquarter is in Yokohama, Japan, created in 1983. Its major goal is that all tropical wood be traded come from the sustained exploration.


n FSC - Initials of Forest Stewardship Council. This NGO concedes the seal FSC - the only certificate accepted internationally - it is called the green seal.


n Smartwood - Certification program that is the world oldest one, agreeded by the FSC and conceded by the american NGO Rainforest Alliance.


n PEFC - The PEFC - Pan European Forest Certification - is a well known paneuropean certificate that gathers 11 certifications from European countries. It was created in Paris, June the 30st, 1999.


n Imaflora - Brazilian Forest Certification program. Imaflora belongs to the Smartwood program quoted above.