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127 Case Study 4 Small-medium Forestry Enterprises for Poverty Reduction and Sustainability
… Document begins: 127 Case Study 4 Small-medium Forestry Enterprises for Poverty Reduction and Sustainability1 Partners of the International … and Medium-sized Forest Enterprises (SMFE) can better contribute to sustainable livelihoods. Six diagnostics reports identify policy and … 127 Case Study 4 Small-medium Forestry Enterprises for Poverty Reduction and Sustainability …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Turn REDD on its head
… through REDD is enticing — it could bring more money than ever before for doing useful things for forests. The hooks for making governance … programmes so that they do the right thing by forest management and livelihoods. Local control not national diktat All the lessons learnt … into REDD. REDD is far from being a lost cause — it remains forestry’s best chance ever. But it needs turning on its head if this …
Insight, 14 December 2010
Coming in for lunch in the rice fields near Inle Lake, Myanmar. Online databases can provide verified data on land conflicts and help resolve disputes and improve governance (Eric Brochu, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Using online technology to empower communities facing land deals
… of communities and threaten livelihoods, but often it is difficult for the communities involved to access information about the nature of … new tool, highlighted by Sam Szoke-Burke from the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) , is OpenLandContracts.org (OLC) . This … free access to publicly available large-scale land, agriculture and forestry contracts.  The team behind OLC is highlighting to governments …
Insight, 04 August 2016
Gatekeeper series: Local organization Profiles
… Understanding and Supporting the Role of Local Organizations in Sustainable Development David Satterthwaite and Gabriela Sauter, August … is “local” in that it has to improve conditions on the ground for those living in a particular locality — for instance, providing or … local and national ecological integrity. It also promotes sustainable forestry and helped change national mining and forestry policy. Casa …
Article, 01 April 2010
Exploring fair trade timber
… have all been set up to improve the forest sector. High hopes for forest livelihoods and poverty reduction have surrounded their use … much to help community enterprises – but mainly in agriculture, not forestry. It is now time to examine the demand and potential of a … (or the lack of it) and developing options to distinguish and promote sustainable and fair community forest products in the market. What IIED …
Project, 11 June 2008
Report backs novel approach to improving forest governance
… according to an independent evaluation of an International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) project published today. "With … have enabled practical actions for locally beneficial community forestry • Several investments in logging deals that were … they have shown how practical steps to greater social justice and sustainable local livelihoods can be taken even when very powerful …
News, 17 August 2009
Green economics – surviving the trial
… illustrate. The vision put forward by the GEC addresses the need for green economics to support the three pillars – social, economic and environmental – of sustainable development.  But comments from private sector … in Kiboga and Mubende districts of Uganda by the Ugandan National Forestry Authority to make way for a New Forests Company (NFC) …
Insight, 17 November 2011
Delivering REDD+: can past lessons help in tempering optimism and making headway?
… and living standards require forest conversion to make space for more crop and livestock production, energy, and infrastructure … watersheds; (ii) set stringent requirements for protected areas and sustainable commercial management of resources that preserve national … Mozambique for example, the government approved progressive land and forestry laws in the late 1990s that acknowledge customary rights and …
Insight, 09 May 2011
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IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
… the conference aims to improve how our natural environment is managed for human, social and economic development. IUCN members and partners … : H.E. Mr. Tae Pyong JANG Former Minister for Food, Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries of Republic, Korea Mr. Michael MACK CEO, Syngenta … rights and consent (PLA 65) Conservation and Poverty, Landscapes and Livelihoods - What have we learnt about the links? This session will …
Event, 16 August 2012
Tick tock — it’s the year of forests
… poor will probably not see it that way. Spiralling global demand for food, energy, fibre and water spell trouble for these people’s … climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, but without locally controlled forestry this, in itself, will not stop the pressure on our forests. If … manage multi-functional forest landscapes, but also control huge sustainable commercial sawmilling and pulp and paper companies. …
Insight, 22 December 2010