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REDD+: Learning from participatory forest management
… It’s a significant challenge. A study by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) on poverty and environment indicates that forest-dependent people around the world derive about one fifth of household income from forest resources. Models for … livelihoods. There are more than 5,300 villages engaged in community forestry in Lao PDR. Tanzania is home to about 500 community forest …
Insight, 10 November 2011
A community-owned Mexican sawmill in Oaxaca (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Incendiary observations from the 4th FLARE conference
… are all working to help people in forests. The aim is mutual learning about more efficient ways to improve forest livelihoods around the … thousands of studies on forest restoration and found that community forestry and agroforestry are where win-wins for poor people and forests … and donors aware of the huge potential of sustainable smallholder forestry. IIED and FAO partners at the Forest and Farm Facility helped …
Insight, 22 October 2018
Cover for 8028IIED.pdf
Timber trade, trade policies and environmental degradation
… Concerns about the state of the world's forests have led to increased interest in … cause environmental damage and inefficient resource use in the forestry sector. The paper also addresses the potential role that … may have in promoting efficient and sustainable resource use in the forestry sector. …
Publication, 01 January 1992
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Laying the Foundations for Clean Development: Preparing the Land-Use Sector. A quick guide to the Clean Development Mechanism
… This booklet provides information to forestry and land use audiences, principally in developing countries, who want to find out more about the Clean Development Mechanism and how it affects their …
Publication, 01 January 2002
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Raising forest revenues and employment: Unlocking the potential of small and medium forest enterprises in Guyana
… of the allocated forested land pay 50% of the revenues of the Guyana Forestry Commission and employ 75% of people in the sector, the … argues for such a shift, using new technology and better information about niche markets to improve both revenues and employment within the …
Publication, 01 March 2006
The Saloum Delta Biosphere Reserve in Senegal (Photo: El Hadji Ballé Seye/UICN-Sénégal)
EBA Evidence and Policy: Senegal
Project, 02 April 2019
Women living in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve are trained to sustainably harvest xate palms, providing them with income and preserving the reserve's biodiversity (Photo: Dani Newcomb/USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The role, influence and impact of women in biodiversity conservation
… resource management sectors – notably agriculture, fisheries, and forestry – in both developing and developed countries. Furthermore, … actions that affect them, and we must build their knowledge about their rights and about their options for contributing to shaping those actions. We also …
Insight, 09 October 2018
African Climate Policy Centre director Fatima Denton speaks at the 2015 Development & Climate Days event at COP21 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Breaking out of the development silos
News, 22 March 2016
Meceburi Forest, Mozambique: a young woman harvests casava (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
Seeds of the post-capitalist forest?
… (SDGs) and the Paris climate agreement. SDGs for the trees Local forestry initiatives really are exciting these days – a wide range of … 16), but far from the norm. It is estimated that tenure of about half of rural forest and dryland areas in the developing world is … Society of Tropical Foresters Conference at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies …
Insight, 11 February 2016
A group of people gather around a pile of potatoes with mountains as a backdrop
Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity
… wellbeing, and land stewardship. Indigenous Peoples conserve about 80% of the world’s biodiversity and represent most of the world’s … of Indigenous food systems. In Chad, pastoralism contributes about 40% of GDP, in Kenya, COVID-19 is fuelling a revival of … Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) , and implemented with Kenya Forestry Research Institute , Lok Chetna Manch (India) and the National …
Insight, 23 October 2020