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A man stands on a cut down tree amid a landscape of timber
China’s investments, Africa’s forests: from raw deals to mutual gains?
… recent Belt and Road Forum heard much new and encouraging talk about mutual benefit, inclusive approaches and green and sustainable … timber buyer. But, like those from other countries, China-linked forestry companies, small forestry enterprises and traders need to improve their compliance with …
Insight, 19 June 2019
First international gathering of forest producer organisations underway
… IUCN, RECOFTC and Tropenbos International,. It is hosted by the State Forestry Administration (SFA) of the People’s Republic of China. It is … Carlowitz: recent evidence points to family, community and indigenous forestry as the most effective strategy for long term forest … major role in global trade, and yet are often overlooked when we talk about the role of the private sector in forest landscape management and …
News, 25 November 2013
Protecting needs of forest-dependent people is key to saving Congo Basin forests
… in national processes to achieve positive outcomes in community forestry. As part of this, ClientEarth launched Communities at the heart … , proposing recommendations for the Congo Basin based on community forestry in Nepal, the Philippines and Tanzania. Fifty-five participants … creates hope that communities will one day be able to take decisions about their land.” Protéger les besoins des populations tributaires de …
News, 08 February 2019
Photo: Farah Sevilla, Alyansa Tigil Mina
How extractive industries can address conflict and build trust with communities
… cannot rely upon legal channels to address their grievances about companies’ social and environmental impacts. The work of the UN … and Human Rights, Professor John Ruggie, has increased awareness about the potential of company-community grievance mechanisms to help … gaps left by weak legal systems. "Leading oil and gas, mining and forestry companies are starting to establish their own formal mechanisms …
News, 25 April 2013
Peru’s Belen Valley is a landscape largely uninhabited by humans, but home to hummingbirds, the spectacled bear and more than 50 species native to the area (Photo: Leendeleo via Flickr)
Have your say: Enabling forest landscapes to score Sustainable Development Goals
… In partnership with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) , IIED asked how the SDGs can catalyse policy … we learn from forest sector experiences at national and local levels about how to deliver an integrated approach, including the kinds of …
Event, 16 December 2014
Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)
REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
… we can afford this.  Their recommendations are clear: abandon carbon forestry and pursue traditional livelihood and integrated rural … the drivers of deforestation Perhaps the issue is not so much about abandoning carbon forestry as addressing the issues elsewhere. Developed countries surely …
Insight, 23 December 2015
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… of protected areas, food demand and forests, and locally controlled forestry. IIED and partner events Making ecosystem-based adaptation … event launched a book describing eight locally controlled forestry enterprises' approach to risk management in Africa, Asia and … development support) programmes, but very little is actually known about how they manage risks.  This event was co-organised by IIED and …
Event, 01 September 2016
A traditional dance festival attracts tourists in Romania's Maramures Nature Park. The park was designed as a multifunctional protected landscape and was zoned to reflect both environmental priorities and economic needs of local people (Photo: Radu Pop/UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Equity, justice and ecosystem services: what do we mean?
… can be very nebulous and slippery concepts but we can be clearer about what we mean when we look at these concepts in a specific context. … and evaluation and performance standards (e.g. the FSC standard in forestry). Another key point emerging from the equity workshop was that … development experience? , Maryanne Grieg-Gran Nepal's community forestry (CF) and lessons on equity , Nya Sharma Paudel, ForestAction, …
Insight, 11 May 2015
Fatima Denton, a member of IIED’s Independent Expert Group, speaking at the Development and Climate Days conference (Photo: Matt Wright)
Zero carbon – costs and opportunities for Least Developed Countries
Insight, 10 December 2015
Logging truck in Cameroon. Credit: World Resources Institute (Creative Commons)
What’s missing from private-sector REDD+?
Insight, 29 January 2014