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Options for sustainable business incubation that serve Cameroon’s community forests
… incubation in Cameroon, where the concept of community forestry (CF) has been enshrined in law for the last 20 years. Yet CF is …
Publication, 01 September 2019
Growing Forest Partnerships meeting beneath the trees in Burkina Faso (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Growing Forest Partnerships Initiative
… which ran from 2009-12, sought to improve the connections between forestry and other sectors and to ensure that global discussions about … network for the collaboration between family forest owners, community forestry and tribal and indigenous peoples living in tropical forests, … series of international dialogues on investing in locally-controlled forestry through The Forests Dialogue . The initiative was also used to …
Project, 12 September 2013
One women holds a tree while another digs into the soil with a shovel, surrounded by green trees and foliage
New thought-provoking blog series scrutinises dominant approaches to resolving the nature and climate crises
News, 20 October 2021
Financing forest-related enterprises in ways that reduce both deforestation and poverty is critical to climate action and sustainable development (Photos: K Traumann/CGIAR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Webinar: Strengthening the effectiveness of private sector engagement in addressing deforestation
… forest-related enterprises. Participants joined researchers, forestry experts, government, private sector and NGO representatives … Standards. Curan has deep sectoral knowledge in agriculture, forestry, and conservation having previously held positions working for … including Bioversity International, the Chilean Institute of Forestry, the US Fulbright Program, Cornell University, and the United …
Event, 11 April 2018
Trees at Oxford Botanical Gardens. The question is not how to engage young people in forestry issues, but how to harness that engagement (Photo: Geraldine Warren/IIED)
Nurturing the next generation of foresters
… are informed and enthusiastic about taking up the baton. Forestry by smartphone In January, during a field trip to a forest … foresters and has become a multi-stakeholder forum in the Indonesian forestry sector. The group uses an alumni system to ensure members who … I propose that rather than ask how we can engage young people, the forestry community needs to explore how we can best support and nurture …
Insight, 24 August 2015
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Social justice in forests: gains made and tactics that work. A report from the Forest Governance Learning Group
… Forestry can strengthen communities’ livelihoods, contribute to poverty … at developing people, not just profit. However governing forests and forestry well demands good, interconnected decisions to be made by many … the progress, impacts and future plans of the Social Justice in Forestry project of FGLG, drawing together studies from each of the …
Publication, 01 September 2014
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Chinese investment in Africa’s forests: scale, trends and future policies
… trends of Chinese investment in sectors that affect Africa’s forests: forestry, infrastructure, mining and agriculture. It also highlights …
Publication, 01 October 2016
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Ringing the changes with a new approach to forest investment
… Three trends lie behind renewed investor interest in forestry: tightening supply, increasing demand, and its role as a hedge … and environmental sustainability. Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry (ILCF) is a negotiated framework for striking this balance. It … expect a return on capital). In other words, quality investment in forestry comes when development donors offer targeted enabling …
Publication, 01 January 2013
Logging trucks in Ghana: legislation requires that to charge stumpage fees on harvested timber at levels that keep the timber industry under control (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Communities stumped as government fails to make loggers pay
… to over-harvesting in the 1990s, Ghanaian regulations now require the Forestry Commission to charge stumpage fees on harvested timber at … Also written into this legislation is a requirement for the Forestry Commission to update these stumpage fees quarterly. But as a … Stumpage rates were not changed between 2003 and 2012. Firstly, the Forestry Commission failed to comply with their obligation to use the …
Insight, 19 March 2015
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Money where it matters: an emerging agenda for local finance
… and rural settings, comparing innovation from across climate, energy, forestry and urban services. The ‘Money where it matters’ event, on …
Publication, 01 March 2017