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Local forest workers in Cambodia, one of the regions studied for a new report (Photo: Frontier Cambodia Forest via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Four ways to support locally controlled forestry and benefit people and the planet
… four main ways new support could transform locally-controlled forestry businesses: •    Helping such businesses secure land and … is inadequate. It is crucial that investment in locally-controlled forestry increases so these enterprises can realise their potential." … will be launched on 20 May at the British Academy, during a meeting about the challenges and opportunities that efforts to regulate the …
News, 19 May 2014
The timber depot of a Chinese-owned timber concession licensed to operate in Nampula, Mozambique. While some replanting takes place, they do not currently replace all they cut. Photo: Mike Goldwater.
China in Africa: New forum seeks sustainable, pro-poor forestry
… from Africa and China to share information on issues such as forestry investment, timber supply chains and forest-linked livelihoods. … developed the platform in partnership with the Chinese Academy of Forestry and Beijing-based Global Environmental Institute, which … and discuss new research, which IIED will publish later this year, about Chinese impacts and influence on decision making about forests in …
News, 27 February 2013
A woman carries firewood in the rainforest
CoNGOs: NGOs collaborating for equitable and sustainable community livelihoods in Congo Basin forests
… and sustainable growth, are not adequately supported. Community forestry has been one avenue through which stakeholders in the Congo … sustainable resource management and development. However, 'community forestry' is also a contested idea. There is an urgent need, not only to … practice from existing knowledge networks, and participants heard about the business incubation techniques currently being used to develop …
Project, 04 August 2016
Participants from 26 countries attended the Forest Connect workshop (Photo: Hop Thinh)
Locally controlled forestry enterprises could teach us all a thing or two
… for the Forest Connect alliance, which supports locally controlled forestry enterprises, to hold its fourth international workshop in … gathered to learn from countries in both the North and the South about how programmes to organise locally controlled forestry had been implemented. They focused on 12 case studies of …
Insight, 04 February 2015
A woman farmer bends over in a field of crops in front of forest in the background.
Flourishing forests and prosperous people – together
… prosperity programme supports efforts that improve locally-controlled forestry and collaborates with local organisations engaged in forest climate action . Locally controlled forestry IIED is helping to build the capacity of local organisations to … REDD+ in ‘ Mozambique’s REDD+ ’ or documenting lessons from Tanzania about what happens when ‘ REDD+ hits the ground ’. REDD+ readiness has …
Article, 04 January 2022
A man waters seedlings at a nursery at the Rukinga Wildlife Sanctuary in Kenya managed by Wildlife Works Carbon.
Investment guide to ‘triple win’ from locally controlled forestry
… The advice on investment in locally-controlled forestry appears in a forthcoming guide by the Growing Forest … today (24 September) at COFO21, the conference of the Committee on Forestry at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations … Duncan Macqueen of IIED, who also contributed to the guide, adds: "About a quarter of the world’s forests are locally controlled, by …
News, 24 September 2012
Elephant yams growing on a forested slope in Myanmar.
Myanmar: Could an unusual yam help the march of community forestry?
… the state or transferred to distant investors. By contrast “community forestry” secures a formally recognised 30 year land lease arrangement … crops such as trees? Unusual tuber could hold answers to community forestry A market led approach to community forestry – and an unusual … conditions for Elephant Foot Yam. Compared to an income per acre of about US$ 215-320 for maize, the income per acre from Elephant Foot Yam …
Insight, 17 May 2013
Cover for G04414.pdf
Déclaration de Yaoundé : déclaration sur la foresterie communautaire dans le bassin du Congo
… ‘Yaoundé Declaration’ - statement concerning community forestry in the Congo Basin region, March 2019 Third Annual CoNGOs … and Land Use in the Congo Basin (ILLUCBF) programme. Community forestry can impact the future of some 40 million people across the … 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
The voices of women involved in farming and fisheries, such as these in Bangladesh, are often lost in decision-making (Photo: CBFM-Fem Com Bangladesh/WorldFish, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Does gender balance improve forestry and fishery management?
… way that these resources are managed. Yet women are often forgotten about, and their voices are not always heard in decision-making. That is … the evidence IIED has teamed up with the  Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) , ICFI , The Nature Conservancy (TNC) , USAID … Does gender balance improve forestry and fishery management? …
Insight, 02 July 2015
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest - lush green landscape with river running through it.
Locally-controlled sustainable forestry in Brazil faces uphill struggle
… support is inconsistent. While many innovative locally-controlled forestry projects are being carried out in the country, the state needs to support locally-controlled forestry schemes if it wants to seriously support sustainable forestry … the Fair Ideas session (English) Resumo da sessão (português) Read about the Poço de Carbono Juruena project Endnote: Until 2010, The …
Insight, 13 June 2012