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Cover for G02242.pdf
Forest Governance Learning Group - Vietnam work plan 2008
… experience and learning on poverty alleviation through community forestry (CF). The focus is on poverty alleviation because it has been …
Publication, 01 January 2008
The community owners of a furniture factory pose for a photo
Locally controlled forest enterprises are the whole enchilada
… forest enterprises in total. Why Mexico is backing community forestry – and how community groups are ‘Scaling up locally controlled … several businesses that have budded off from the Communal Unit for Forestry, Agriculture and Services (UCFAS) enterprise (PDF) , …
Insight, 10 September 2018
Cover for G00306.pdf
Report of an informal meeting between IIED and partners on forest and social resilience to climate change, Nairobi, 15 Nov 2006
… During this workshop participants agreed that forestry is key with regard to social resilience in the face of climate …
Publication, 01 November 2006
New report finds rapid expansion in markets for sustainable products
… of major voluntary sustainability standards and initiatives in the forestry, coffee, cocoa, tea and banana sectors, including detailed … Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, GLOBALGAP, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Social Accountability International (SA8000), and … for these products. Key findings in the SSI Review 2010 include: Forestry : the land area under globally recognized sustainable forestry …
News, 16 November 2010
Cover for G02754.pdf
Handbook for paralegals in forest communities in Ghana
… is designed to provide a broad overview of the legal regime of forestry in Ghana, adopting a largely non-technical language, and serves …
Publication, 01 January 2009
Cover for G00412.pdf
Growing credibility? The impact of certification on forests and people in South Africa
… Certification has developed more rapidly in South African forestry than in most countries of the South. This report looks at the … to examine the potential future role of certification in enabling forestry to deliver tangible economic, environmental and social benefits. …
Publication, 01 January 2003
Cover for G00319.pdf
Forest Governance Learning Group - Update April 2007
… learning event on making the law work better for social justice in forestry, involving all the country teams and other international … on legal timber between EC and Ghana, developing influential small forestry enterprise development strategy in South Africa, and …
Publication, 01 April 2007
Cover for 7536IIED.pdf
Falling into Place: Ghana Country Study.
… policies that affect forests and how the timber first orientation of forestry is giving way to more collaborative policy and forest … ahead. After years of “thinf falling apart it seems that Ghanaian forestry is beginning to fall into place. …
Publication, 01 January 1998
Cover for 17569IIED.pdf
Chinese views of African forests: Evidence and perception of China-Africa links that impact the governance of forests and livelihoods
… a range of Chinese perceptions on China’s involvement in African forestry. While the Chinese government often perceives China’s …
Publication, 01 July 2014
Lumbering illegality: how to make timber sustainable and pro-poor
… and climate strategies in unison to bring about locally controlled forestry. A recent report launched by Chatham House states that illegal … is the entry point, governance reforms toward pro-poor sustainable forestry is embedded in the subtext. FLEGT has also sponsored patient … fair, and bring the more ambitious end of pro-poor sustainable forestry about. The rationale is simple — unless legality is fair, …
Insight, 26 January 2011