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Organisation for locally controlled forest business – learning from success: Proceedings of the fourth international Forest Connect workshop
… from country-specific case studies of successful locally controlled forestry businesses; a two day field visit to enterprises in Vietnam; …
Publication, 01 February 2015
Forests image
New roadmap for boosting small-scale and family forest producers
News, 30 June 2014
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Democratic forest business models: a harder but more rewarding path
… profit-maximising, often run by distant owners; or locally controlled forestry (LCF), run democratically to sustainably meet various local …
Publication, 01 September 2015
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Forest Governance Learning Group - Ghana work plan 2008
… Watch Ghana and the Collaborative Resource Management Unit of the Forestry Commission work to hold two formal governance training workshops for Forestry Commission middle level managers. …
Publication, 01 February 2008
Men and women sitting in chairs.
What happens when the landgrabbers leave? An account from Kilwa, Tanzania
… We need our land back, and will use part of it for community-based forestry and conservation” – which has generated significant income for … sustainable land management practices, such as the community forestry initiatives in Kilwa. In Kilwa, further investment in community …
Insight, 14 December 2020
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Forest Governance Learning Group Update - May 2009
… Rights Act in India ~- New policy to legitimise and support community forestry at district level in Indonesia ~- Government strategy, initiatives and tools for small forestry enterprises in South Africa ~- Intense debate and a search for …
Publication, 01 May 2009
A large group of people sit on the floor in the shade from a tree
Establishing a biocultural heritage territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya forests
… farmland (covering around 14,000ha).   What is IIED doing?  The Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) will co-lead the project and …
Project, 09 February 2022
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Ecotourism and PA Management in Nepal: Experiences and lessons learnt
… for a selected group. These included government officers from the Forestry Administration: WPO Deputy Director, Chief of Forestry Cantonment in Mondulkiri, Police Commissioner in Mondulkiri, a Provincial Judge and the Forestry Administration Project Officer for the MPF. Three WWF staff …
Publication, 01 July 2007
From decentralised finance to legal tools, this map showing real examples of innovative governance from around the world highlights seven tried-and-tested methods of empowering local institutions (Image: IIED)
Mapping innovative governance for sustainable development
Article, 24 November 2015
New Community Forest Instructions give communities rights to commercially sell timber and non-timber forest products, such as such as rattan and honey (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest rights create new livelihoods in Myanmar
… communities in control  In 2015, MONREC established a Community Forestry National Working Group and a Community Forest Unit, tasked with … in line with the government's 'market-led approach to community forestry'.  These developments are bearing fruit. Just over 800 … Myanmar's capital city Nay Pyi Taw to advance the cause of community forestry regionally.  The conference, titled 'Forest users to producers: …
Insight, 05 December 2017