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A woman wearing a face mask and a visor stands behind a table of vegetables selling her produce.
COVID-19 and forest communities
… (FAO) of the United Nations that draws both on published literature about reported COVID-19 impacts and the responses of community forest … Locally-controlled forestry …
Project, 21 October 2021
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The Sustainable Forestry Handbook 2nd Edition
… The Sustainable Forestry Handbook is an essential aid to understanding and implementing … explains what the standards require and how forest managers might go about implementing them. … The Sustainable Forestry Handbook 2nd Edition …
Publication, 01 December 2004
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Why communities are key to protecting Congo Basin forests
… local communities who depend on them. In the Congo Basin, community forestry has the potential to improve rural living conditions, help … But for this to happen, policymakers must ensure that community forestry laws secure customary land rights while empowering local … organisations and communities have challenged negative perceptions about community forestry, demonstrating how it can help preserve …
Publication, 01 August 2019
Ghana’s hidden forestry revealed in first study of its kind
… to the government, according to the new study. The report — Hidden Forestry Revealed — was written by Paul Osei-Tutu and colleagues and … the government suffers a huge loss of revenue. According to Hidden Forestry Revealed all is not lost. A new alliance of government and … rights, help to organise them and involve them in discussions about sustainability and provide business structures to support them. …
News, 10 March 2010
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Growing Forest Partnerships briefing: Sustainable forestry - connecting local to global and vice versa
… levels towards the equitable and sustainable management of forestry resources. As the world looks for a way to mitigate climate … Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation). Decisions about how funds are used are frequently made at the national or global … Growing Forest Partnerships briefing: Sustainable forestry - connecting local to global and vice versa …
Publication, 01 January 2011
Rapid Appraisal for Community Forestry: The RA Process and Rapid Diagnostic Tools
… This is a book about rapid appraisal (RA) research for use in forestry development, and particularly with community or social forestry work. Community forestry has been most simply defined as the … Rapid Appraisal for Community Forestry: The RA Process and Rapid Diagnostic Tools …
Publication, 01 January 1995
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Climate risk assessment – Tanzania
… negative consequences on vulnerable sectors including agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy, health, water, industry, business, trade, tourism and services. The livelihoods of about 80% of Tanzanians depend on the agriculture, forestry and fisheries resources, with small-scale farmers especially …
Publication, 23 April 2018
Reforestation program in Guatemala (Photo: Enrique Varahona)
Forest and Farm Facility Phase I
… it. Phase I used a framework known as investing in locally controlled forestry that recognises four essential enabling investments are … of small-scale forest and farm producer organisations. Find out more about the Forest and Farm Facility Phase II (PDF) … Locally-controlled forestry …
Project, 29 May 2014
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NGOs in the Forest: Participation of NGOs in National Forestry Action Programmes: New experiences in Papua New Guinea
… Looks at the potential and actual roles of NGOs within National Forestry Action Programmes, with a particular focus on Papua New Guinea. The background and experience of PNG's National Forestry and Conservation Action Programme is described and some conclusions drawn about the participation of NGOs. This experience is combined with a …
Publication, 01 January 1995
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Social justice in forestry. Report of a Learning Event Held at the Ankrah Foundation, Mukono, Uganda 28-30 November 2006
… forest is rife. The urgent need to secure justice in decision-making about trees and forests is now the primary challenge for sustainability … It focused on how to make the law work better for social justice in forestry. The objective was to share experience and ideas on this theme … Social justice in forestry. Report of a Learning Event Held at the Ankrah Foundation, …
Publication, 01 November 2006