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Enhancing internal governance within a national federation of community forestry users in Nepal
… (FFF). It describes the actions of the Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN). It was established in June 1995 with the … FECOFUN. It has grown into a social movement organisation organising about 14 million people from 22,415 community forestry user groups (CFUGs) with 2.9 million households federated into …
Publication, 18 April 2024
Boys polish chairs for sale in the furniture market, Nampula, Mozambique.
Introduction to locally-controlled forestry
… the best way to rebalance governance towards fair and sustainable forestry practices is to  invest in locally-controlled forestry . Locally-controlled forestry gives people who live in forest … and forest degradation. This work allows us to raise awareness about the advantages of investing in locally-controlled forestry at an …
Article, 05 August 2013
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
News, 21 August 2018
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Yaoundé Declaration: statement concerning community forestry in the Congo Basin region
… and Land Use in the Congo Basin (ILLUCBF) programme. Community forestry can impact the future of some 40 million people across the … the poorest on Earth. The new concepts and practice around community forestry in the region can place it at the heart of rural development. It’s about sustainable forest landscape management, community empowerment and …
Publication, 01 March 2019
A bearded man stands at a podium with a screen behind him.
Urban legend: one man, 50 years, countless seeds of hope
… red hair and matching beard was blissfully unaware that his life was about to change forever. David Satterthwaite, 23, had spent two months working at a forestry camp on Vancouver Island, Canada, with friends who had a …
Long read, 13 May 2024
Villagers harvesting a cinnamon tree near the village of Lubuk Beringin, Jambi province Indonesia. Villagers are managing the forests sustainably using traditional values (Photo: Tri Saputro/ CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Arguing the case for community forestry
… in Indonesia (Indonesian text)  has been supporting these community forestry initiatives to make sure they are not just a feel-good campaign … of timber for sale is intercepted by the police. The Directorate of Forestry Fees and Forest Products Distribution (BIKPHH) in the Ministry … forestry enthusiasts who focus on improving decision-making about forests and trees with local benefit in mind. The group saw the …
Insight, 07 April 2015
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How to boost investment in locally controlled forestry in Mexico
… communities control them – offer great potential for sustainable forestry. What has long been missing is investment, but what’s now … to encourage new flows of finance. Investing in locally controlled forestry is a fairly new way to do business, one that brings social and … depend. This makes it very relevant in Mexico, where forests cover about 31.5 per cent of the land and where communities own half of all …
Insight, 01 October 2013
Local farm foresters near Kumasi, Ghana. Evidence suggests that locally controlled forests are generally better for the forest and people than either protected areas or large-scale industrial business models (Photo: WWF)
Investing in locally controlled forestry – a planetary-scale solution for forests and people
… As a researcher in tropical forestry I travel to tropical forest areas in Africa, Asia and Latin … regard these forest-dependent people. Conservationists worry about their encroachment into biodiversity rich areas. Industrialists … governments are to unleash the economic potential of local controlled forestry. Four basic preconditions are needed: secure forest tenure, …
Insight, 07 September 2016
Two rice terraces with a small forest growing between them in Nepal.
Nepal: Forestry and agriculture and the story of their fake divorce
… Subsistence farmers have traditionally happily married forestry and agricultural practices on their land, and have done so for … dioxide. In fact, according to these FAO statistics , forests supply about 90% of the total fuel wood used and more than 50% of the fodder … is the mainstay of the country’s economy with agriculture and forestry together contributing 32 per cent of the country’s total gross …
Insight, 18 July 2013
Community Forestry in the Democratic Republic of Congo
… DRC that this is the case. Thus, as the DRC government is thinking about how to manage its forests in the future, it is giving serious … research into experiences in other parts of the world with community forestry, in particular, the legal and institutional frameworks that … a national dialogue on forest governance relating to community forestry. The institute also supported partner organisations in DRC …
Project, 09 September 2010