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Three people with a pile of vicuña wool
Who’s listening? Community voices on illegal wildlife trade
… Last month, leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean met for the first time to discuss the poaching and wildlife trade crisis in … by IIED and partners International Union for Conservation of Nature Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (IUCN SULi) , the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) , Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales …
Insight, 06 November 2019
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China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform: Report of an inception event and future agenda
… Governance Learning Platform co-hosted by the International Institute for Environment and Development, the Chinese Academy of Forestry and the Global Environmental Institute in March 2013 in … in Africa’s forest sector to support good forest management and sustainable forest product trade between Africa and China. Together, the …
Publication, 01 July 2013
Justice in the Forests: six online films and webinar from IIED
… The films are free for you to use on websites and for TV stations to broadcast — ideally … causing such havoc for biodiversity, the climate and the livelihoods of millions of forest-dependent people around the world, it … who grapple with this central question and believe that solutions to forestry problems lie in increasing the power of local people to make …
News, 19 April 2011
Northern Ghana: a village chief learns forestry skills. Rural communities need investment to build up forest and farm enterprises and link them to markets and support networks (Photo: Treeaid, via Creative Commons)
It's time for revolution in forest business
… Investors vie for forest land. This might risk the livelihoods of the local … and cultural forested landscapes. A new 'locally controlled forestry' approach is available that maintains the integrity of both … defend their interests. Yet how else is it possible to incentivise sustainable forest management and poverty reduction in the same breath – …
Insight, 17 November 2014
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?
… project ever. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)  easily beats the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement in terms of money … opinion is now surging the same way. This would be a good moment for BRI to confirm that its huge infrastructure surge – sometimes linked … timber buyer. But, like those from other countries, China-linked forestry companies, small forestry enterprises and traders need to …
Insight, 19 June 2019
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The New Foresters: The role of private enterprise in the Indian forestry sector
… decade, as predominant state control has evolved into responsibility for forest management being shared with communities. However, major … that the livelihoods of those dependent on forests are assured and sustainable. To date the contribution of the private sector to forestry in India has been limited, constrained by restrictive policy …
Publication, 01 January 2002
The Green Economy Report – forestry chapter
Project, 02 September 2010
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Revisiting Collaborative Forest Management in Kyrgyzstan: What happened to bottomup decision-making?
… Over the past 15 years, the Swiss government, through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, has collaborated with the Kyrgyz government in developing its forestry sector. The Kyrgyz-Swiss Forestry Support Programme (KIRFOR) … promoting the involvement of local people in managing and deriving sustainable income from the walnut-fruit forests in the south of the …
Publication, 01 December 2010
Members of Likawage Village Natural Resources Committee use beaters to prevent a lit fire from burning backwards towards farms (Photo: Deogratias Ndossi)
Making REDD+ work for communities and forests: three shared lessons for project designers
… more complex than just forest conservation with automatic payments for storing carbon bolted on. The Mpingo Conservation and Development … forest and timber resources. Starting with a successful community forestry project focused on sustainable timber extraction, certified by the Forestry Stewardship … Making REDD+ work for communities and forests: three shared lessons for project designers …
Article, 10 April 2014
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Power from the Trees: How Good Forest Governance can Help Reduce Poverty. Opinion piece
… Opinion piece for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Forestry is no magic bullet for poverty …
Publication, 01 January 2002