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384 indexForest Law Enforcement andGovernance Ministerial Process:Africa FLEG, 63; East Asia FLEG,62–64; goal, 62; ministerialconference, 62–63; strengths andweaknesses of, 64Forest Stewardship Council: annualaudits, 117; areas of impact, 154;criticisms of, 249; description, 248;forest certification process, 153–54,248–49; market-driven labelingscheme, 112; number of hectares offorests certified under, 279 n33;Principles and Criteria of ForestStewardship, 248; timber certificationsystem, 114, 191; voluntaryparticipation, 248Former Soviet Union: claims onportions of Antarctica, 157–58n19; privatization of state-ownedoil and gas resources, 167;security of tenure concerns ofbusinesses, 292Forward markets: developing the useof, 358France: claims on portions ofAntarctica, 157–58 n19; COFACEexport credit agency, 326;complaints against a Frenchcompany allegedly using forcedlabor in Myanmar, 240, 263–64;judicial proceedings againstindividuals dealing in conflictcommodities, 240Free Burma Campaign, 343Freeport McMoRan: U.S.-U.K.Voluntary Principles on Securityand Human Rights participant,348–49 n29Friends, Ivory, and Sime: investmentin Myanmar, 348 n12Friends of the Earth: criticism ofMultilateral Investment GuaranteeAgency, 325Friends of the Earth UK: amountof illegally traded tropicaltimber, 150FSAP. See Financial SectorAssessment ProgramFSC. See Forest Stewardship CouncilFSTE4Good Socially ResponsibleInvestment Index, 265, 304FTSE Group, 265, 304G-7: Financial Action Task Forceon Money Laundering creation,161; Financial Stability Forumcreation, 161G-8: Action Program on Forests, 62;Africa Action Plan, 251–52,261–62, 265; amount of timberthat is illegally imported by, 248;coordination of mandatoryrevenue reporting, 80; Ministers’Statement on EnvironmentalEnforcement, InternationalCooperation, and Public Accessto Information, 125; Okinawastatement, 150; position on illegallogging, 150, 249; proposal tocreate a steering group to reviewrecommendations, 193;transparency principle, 265Gabon: recent resource revenuegovernance problems, 90 n2GBIF. See Global BiodiversityInformation FacilityGemstones: and terrorism, 169,210 n11; UN sanctions on, 231.See also Alluvial gemstones;specific types of gemstonesGeneral Agreement on Tariffsand Trade: Article XI(1)exception, 144Genetically engineered foods:mixing of genetically engineeredgrains, 134German Agro-Aid: activities inSudan, 337Germany: anticorruption initiatives,320; Hermes export creditagency, 326GeSI. See Global e-SustainabilityInitiative