Terminal Evaluation of the UN Environment / Global Environment Facility Project “Expanding Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification at landscape level through incorporating additional ecosystem services”

This report is a terminal evaluation of a UN Environment – GEF project “Expanding Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification at landscape level through incorporating additional ecosystem services”. The project was implemented from October 2011 to February 2017 with UN Environment as Implementing Agency and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as Executing Agency, with US$ 2,880,000 financial support from Global Environment Facility (GEF) and US$ 5,009,042 co-financing. The project was implemented in the four pilot countries Chile, Indonesia, Nepal and Vietnam. The Objective of the Project was that FSC certification should incorporate expanded and enhanced global and national environmental standards, which applied to emerging markets for biodiversity conservation and ecosystems services as an initial step for upgrading successful models in order to improve ecosystem functions.