Honduras
Sources of information and contacts in Honduras's forestry sector
sources of Information
Studies and documents
- CLIFOR (2015) Manual de manejo forestal integral (U-ESNACIFOR, Siguatepeque, Honduras; EUROFOR/Programa adaptación al Cambio Climático en el Sector Forestal
- EFI, EU FLEGT Facility - VPA Country fiches, Honduras
- FAO, Criteria and indicators for Sustainable Forest Management in Central America’. Report‘ (‘Criterios indicadores para la Ordenación Forestal Sostenible en Centroamérica. Informe’, FAO-CCAD (Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo), CCAB-AP (Consejo Centroamericano de Bosques y Areas Protegidas), Enero 1997
- FAO (2016) Forest Statistics Yearbook
- FAO (2020) Global Forest Resources Assessment
- FSC report 2020 “Facts & Figures”
- FSC, Benefits that FSC certification has brought to smallholders – Case study Honduras (Furniture cooperative in Honduras),
- FSC 2013, National Standard of Honduras, Centralized National Risk Assessment for Honduras
- ICF (2018), Forest Statistical Annuary (Anuario Estadístico Forestal de Honduras)
- ICF (2012), Formato para la elaboración de planes de aprovechamiento forestal en bosque latifoliado de Honduras
- ICF (2012), Guía de administración de planes de aprovechamiento en bosques de pino (ICF, USAID/US-IP, Tegucigalpa,
- ICF, Guía para la Organización de la Plataforma de Gobernanza Forestal Ambiental del Departamento de El Paraíso, Honduras - Programa UE-FAO FLEGT/ICF/AFH)
- ICF (2011) Manual ‘Guidelines and norms for better forest management’ (Lineamientos y normas para un mejor manejo forestal, ICF, FSDA/USAID Honduras,
- ICF (2012), Normas y pautas técnicas para la elaboración de planes de manejo operativos de bosque latifoliado
- ICF ( 2018), Tasas y derechos por servicio prestado. Nota personal. Departamento de Manejo y Desarrollo Forestal.
- ICF (2018), Area and types of land cover in the Republic of Honduras, with figures from the Map of forest cover and land use (Mapa de cobertura forestal y usos de la tierra), Unidad de Monitoreo Forestal/CIPF
- ICF(2019), Ficha técnica del sistema de clasificación del mapa forestal y cobertura de la tierra de Honduras 2018, Unidad Nacional de Monitoreo Forestal,
- ITC (International Trade Centre), calculations based on UN Comtrade statistics
- ITTO (2011), Status of tropical forest management
- ITTO (2017), ITTO Biennial review and assessment of the world timber situation 2015-2016
- Rainforest Alliance (2017) Annual report
Websites
- CITES database
- Timberlex - FAO
- Fordaq - timber trade network
- WRI Forest Legality Alliance - Timber risk tool - Honduras.
- World Port Source, Map of ports in Honduras with container liner service
ALL Contacts
Agenda Forestal Hondureña (AFH)
An organization comprised of, among others, a number of Honduran forestry-related NGOs, that has a number of programs focused on sustainable forestry.
Asociación de Madereros de Honduras (AMADHO)
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
hondurasgateway.hn/sectores/asociaciones.html
The Lumber Association of Honduras is the largest association of forest industry companies.
Instituto Nacional de Conservación y Desarrollo Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre (ICF)
icf.gob.hnNational forest authority in charge of supervising industrial extraction, transport and processing of forest products.
Colegio de Profesionales Forestales de Honduras (COLPROFORH)
COLPROFORH has about 1500 affiliated members, distributed in 10 Regional Chapters that cover 100% of the national territory. Its core function is to regulate and protect the professional practice of its members according to the law. It collaborates with the State in the formulation of projects, programs of development especially those that promote the rational use of natural resources.
Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente
(SERNA - now re-branded “MIAMBIENTE”),
Despacho de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, 100m Sur del Estadio Nacional Tegucigalpa M.D.C., Honduras, C.A.
www.miambiente.gob.hn
Government institution responsible for promoting sustainable development and the quality of life in Honduras through the protection, conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of the environment and natural resources.