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Women discuss forest management at a Community Forest User Group meeting in Nepal.
When pigs fly: Why is including women in managing forests still so unusual?
… for and by men. There are various reasons for this exclusion. The forestry sector is male-dominated and provides few educational and … work burdens also hamper women’s abilities to participate in public forestry activities. Locally, women generally use forests to support … on women’s roles in forest management not been effective in bringing about their inclusion in the forestry sector? Is it possible to follow a …
Insight, 24 September 2012
Place forests under local control to increase incomes and sustainability
… Duncan Macqueen says: "Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry (ILCF) is an approach to forest sector investment that offers a … communities and private family smallholders (who together control about 25% of the world forests)." "The central premise of ILCF is that remunerative but fair asset investments into locally controlled forestry are possible but often require enabling investments such as (i) …
News, 07 September 2012
Cover for G03711.pdf
Assessing local preferences for payment formats in REDD+ interventions: A case study of the Ongo Community Forest
… been actively engaged in ensuring the sustainable utilisation of its forestry resources. This has been undertaken by different players including the national forestry sector, forest-neighbouring communities and private individuals … communally owned forest, the Ongo Community Forest, which is located about 54km from Masindi Town off Masindi–Butiaba Road covering an …
Publication, 01 December 2013
Knowledge gained from interviews carried out in Kenya by Chinese journalists will be presented to a meeting in Beijing (Photo: Angelo DeSantis via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Chinese journalists study growing links between China and Africa
… journalists received ten-day fellowships to travel to Kenya to learn about and report on China's growing links with Africa. The fellowships … report from Africa. As a result, the Chinese public knows little about the continent.  During their visit to Kenya, the Chinese … The stories will cover topics such as urbanisation in Africa, forestry and livelihoods, wildlife and eco-tourism as well as the …
News, 18 March 2014
New Community Forest Instructions give communities rights to commercially sell timber and non-timber forest products, such as such as rattan and honey (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest rights create new livelihoods in Myanmar
… It is impossible to talk about Myanmar without acknowledging the persecution of the Rohingya by … communities in control  In 2015, MONREC established a Community Forestry National Working Group and a Community Forest Unit, tasked with … in line with the government's 'market-led approach to community forestry'.  These developments are bearing fruit. Just over 800 …
Insight, 05 December 2017
The timber depot of Green Timber, a Chinese-owned timber concession that are licensed to operate in Nampula and Zambezia provinces, Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
China-Africa Forest Governance project
… timber is exported to China. But despite the scale, we know little about the impacts. There is also a lack of dialogue between Chinese and … partners . Our main partners in China include Research Institute of Forestry Policy and Information at the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF) and Global Environmental Institute (GEI) . Our lead …
Project, 22 September 2014
Sanity in REDD governance shock!
… When it comes to forest governance — who gets to decide what about forests — REDD is a pleasant dream for some, a nightmare for … Money Money at last! Enough to tip the balance to locally controlled forestry Where's the money gone? Money not enough, wasted, or in the … Here are a couple of things: 1. REDD+, governance and community forestry . A group of 12 experts — hands-on protagonists in REDD+ …
Insight, 24 August 2011
Launch event of the China-Africa Forest Governance Platform in March 2013. Photo: Simon Lim
Just forest governance
… shown that effective partnerships within these initiatives can bring about change on the ground. Managing demand for forest products Our work … Locally-controlled forestry …
Article, 07 September 2013
Workshop participants undertake a participatory resource mapping exercise for community enterprises (Photo: Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources - ANSAB)
Forest and Farm Facility launches Phase II
… event is being held at the biennial meeting of the Committee on Forestry (COFO) , the FAO's highest statutory forestry body. The launch of Climate resilient landscapes and … youth engagement.  IIED will lead efforts to generate new knowledge about good practices and lessons learned through joint publications and …
News, 20 July 2018
Aerial view of forest
The Dasgupta Review needed to engage today's finance ministers: here’s how
… the launch to pinpoint the number one change the review should bring about, Dasgupta asserted “a change in the way economics teaches about nature”.  Such a change could indeed be transformative as a … investment concessions that impact on biodiversity such as paper, forestry and mining), and Monetary policy (for central banks) focusing …
Insight, 11 February 2021