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Social justice in forests: gains made and tactics that work. A report from the Forest Governance Learning Group
… Forestry can strengthen communities’ livelihoods, contribute to poverty reduction and be environmentally sustainable when it is based on the local control and capacity to make …
Publication, 01 September 2014
Logs from a community-managed forest in Ethiopia.
Rio+20: Forests form important foundation for a green economy
… is immense. Vietnam has spotted the potential and is driving the sustainable management and expansion of its forests.    Just prior to … of people and communities by creating the conditions needed for them to sustainably manage forests including through strengthening … vision set out in the publication  ‘Investing in locally controlled forestry’ and advanced by three major alliances of family forest …
Insight, 26 June 2012
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A Review of TFD’s Initiative on Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry
… Under the right conditions, locally controlled forestry (LCF) can be a strong contributor to local livelihoods, forest protection and sustainable and equitable development. Creating the right conditions, … and ‘Investing in locally controlled forestry—natural protection for people and planet’ (IIED in association with The Three …
Publication, 01 September 2012
A community-owned Mexican sawmill in Oaxaca (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Incendiary observations from the 4th FLARE conference
… Envious glances accompanied my departure to Copenhagen for the 4 th annual meeting of FLARE (Forests & Livelihoods: Assessment, … thousands of studies on forest restoration and found that community forestry and agroforestry are where win-wins for poor people and forests … we need to make governments and donors aware of the huge potential of sustainable smallholder forestry. IIED and FAO partners at the Forest …
Insight, 22 October 2018
The timber depot of a Chinese-owned timber concession licensed to operate in Nampula, Mozambique. While some replanting takes place, they do not currently replace all they cut. Photo: Mike Goldwater.
China in Africa: New forum seeks sustainable, pro-poor forestry
… from Africa and China to share information on issues such as forestry investment, timber supply chains and forest-linked livelihoods. The FGLG developed the platform in partnership with the … others fail to compensate rights-holding communities adequately for access to forest land, and illegally and excessively exploit forest …
News, 27 February 2013
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
Project, 22 September 2014
Chris at his roadside food stall. His day starts at 4pm and lasts until 10pm (Photo: Sven Torfinn/Panos. Pictures for IIED and Hivos)
Photo exhibition highlights varied and vibrant informal economies
… the energy and innovation that informal economies can bring to the sustainable development agenda. The photos were on show at a one-day … February. The event, titled  The biggest 'private sector': What place for the informal economy in green and inclusive growth , brought … the Green Economy Coalition , WIEGO , the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the OECD's Sahel and West Africa Club . …
Insight, 18 March 2016
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Investing in locally controlled forestry: natural protection for people and planet
… As a policy research organisation,the International Institute for Environment and Development has evolved key concepts, theories and ways of working in sustainable development since 1973. The big idea we explore here is investing in locally controlled forestry. This approach rests on the fact that people living in or near …
Publication, 01 June 2012
Baka women collecting non-timber forest products in Nomedjoh, Cameroon (Photo: Indra Van Gisbergen)
Biodiversity: a women’s business?
… At least half of the 1.5 billion people who depend on forests for employment, forest products and livelihood support are women. But in … Central Women Entrepreneurs Committee and the Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal  to encourage the Ministry of Industry to support … enterprises while managing their community forests in a way that is sustainable.  In Cameroon, the CoNGOs project is supporting 10 women-led …
Insight, 29 November 2018
A man waters seedlings at a nursery at the Rukinga Wildlife Sanctuary in Kenya managed by Wildlife Works Carbon.
Investment guide to ‘triple win’ from locally controlled forestry
… The advice on investment in locally-controlled forestry appears in a forthcoming guide by the Growing Forest … can build and manage a successful forest enterprise that yields sustainable returns," says Gary Dunning of The Forests Dialogue (TFD) . … initiative, itself catalysed by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the International Union for the …
News, 24 September 2012