Research & Curatorial Working Group: Forest Policy Atlas

The deliverable for this phase is the research foundation and architecture for the Forest Policy Atlas. The volunteer research team will work collaboratively to produce an organized body of research that can serve as the foundation for the Atlas’s first prototype.

This will include:
* A preliminary chronology and map of key legal and policy developments in forest protection and deforestation-free commodity markets, based on information pulled from collected research.
*Key research into the French and EUDR forest trade reform frameworks to begin content research for the project.
* A structured source library and research bibliography.
* Identification of significant gaps, questions, and areas requiring further research.

Success will look like an organized body of research that will contribute to the overall piece. The eventual complete Atlas is intended to function as both a map of the evolving forest-protection policy landscape and a practical toolkit: helping users identify the instruments available to them and understand how those instruments might be integrated into purchasing, procurement, supply-chain, or policy strategies.

The work will contribute to the development of Forest Encounters and provide the foundation for a larger international Forest Policy Atlas.

Organization Mission

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