Briefing Document / Feb. 7, 2013

Making the Forest Sector Transparent data sets

Making the Forest Sector Transparent developed a report card methodology to assess access to information, rolling it out over four years (2009-12) in seven countries. Up to 70 transparency indicators were trialled, and distilled down to 20 by the end of the project. These were divided into ‘framework’ indicators – the laws, procedures and agreements governing the sector – and ‘data’ indicators, which should be updated frequently to show, for example, annual production, revenues, and social contributions.

This data was originally available on an interactive database on the site www.foresttransparency.info, which has now closed. The links below provide a full set of downloads from this database, by country, year, and language.

Downloads (English)