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Establishing a biocultural heritage territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya Forests: mid-term project workshop
… Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), in collaboration with IIED, is implementing …
Publication, 24 July 2023
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Establishing a Biocultural Heritage Territory to protect Kenya's Kaya forests - project launch workshop report
… Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), in collaboration with IIED, is implementing …
Publication, 09 September 2022
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Establishing a biocultural heritage territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya forests
… shrew (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus), which is only found in Rabai’s Kaya forest and the Arabuko Sokoke Forest. Forest degradation, along with … farmland (covering around 14,000ha).   What is IIED doing?  The Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) will co-lead the project and coordinate local …
Project, 09 February 2022
The timber depot of Green Timber, a Chinese-owned timber concession that are licensed to operate in Nampula and Zambezia provinces, Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
China-Africa Forest Governance project
… investments, illegal logging and rural livelihoods. Our goal Through research, dialogue and joint action, IIED and its partners will contribute to improving forest governance, by promoting sustainable and pro-poor Chinese trade … partners . Our main partners in China include Research Institute of Forestry Policy and Information at the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF) …
Project, 22 September 2014
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Forest-wise parks in Mozambique
… timber exports – but this has coincided with an alarming loss of forest cover, raising concerns over the impact of this trade on … the China-Africa Forest Governance project, the Chinese Academy of Forestry and IIED coorganised a visit by Mozambican stakeholders to two … Nankang and Zhenjiang, China. This report summarises preparatory desk research conducted in preparation for the visit and captures some …
Publication, 01 March 2019
Two men sat behind a desk chat to one another, with the Forest Governance Learning Group logo in the background
Forest Governance Learning Group
… Eradicating poverty and improving sustainability in forestry can only be achieved through strong and inclusive governance … institutions, policy decisions and practical systems. From our research, we know that  small teams working together can have a big impact  on improving forest governance by developing practical tactics for securing safe …
Project, 07 September 2013
Community technicians and coordinators in Uganda chat with a local farmer during a monitoring visit. These discussions are a key connection between the technical and local worlds in carbon forestry (Photo: Geoff Wells)
Bridging the two worlds of carbon forestry
… Carbon forestry (where local farmers, mainly in developing countries, are paid … will not save a single tree without it. But as increasingly bigger projects look to cut costs, how can we ensure that the connection … Vivo 's smallholder carbon agroforestry schemes. Working first on a research project funded by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty …
Insight, 05 April 2017
A forest ranger takes measurements of a tree at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi, Tanzania (Photo: FAO/Simon Maina)
IIED at the XIV World Forestry Congress
… The XIV World Forestry Congress , hosted by South Africa, and the first to take place … The work of IIED Members of IIED's Natural Resources Group and their research partners attended the congress, and played a key role in a … or for good? Review of private sector and NGO experience in REDD projects China in Africa's forests – finding a green path to prosperity? …
Event, 07 September 2015
Elder woman kneels on the ground behind weeds.
Indigenous Peoples and forest communities are central to tackling the climate crisis – but they need finance
Insight, 05 November 2021
The video 'Meet Mr Forest' was presented at the 2nd Beijing Documentary Week in August 2018 (Photo: Rachel E. Berkley/IIED)
New IIED videos inform Chinese consumers about Africa's forests
… This four-minute film, 'Meet Mr Forest', profiles Zheng Fei, founder of the 'Mr Forest' company in … local trees”. Since then, he has built Mr Forest into a successful forestry company. Mr Zheng is one of many Chinese investors in Africa, … blogs to Chinese media outlets  and IIED has produced a range of research outputs on the state of Chinese investments in African land use …
News, 21 August 2018