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IIED Annual Report 2014/15: Shaping a fairer future
… from the Alliance for Responsible Mining in Colombia to the Kenya Forestry Research Institute.~  The report is also available in both …
Publication, 01 October 2015
Trees at Oxford Botanical Gardens. The question is not how to engage young people in forestry issues, but how to harness that engagement (Photo: Geraldine Warren/IIED)
Nurturing the next generation of foresters
… are informed and enthusiastic about taking up the baton. Forestry by smartphone In January, during a field trip to a forest … foresters and has become a multi-stakeholder forum in the Indonesian forestry sector. The group uses an alumni system to ensure members who … I propose that rather than ask how we can engage young people, the forestry community needs to explore how we can best support and nurture …
Insight, 24 August 2015
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China-Africa Forest Governance Project: China Work Plan - Draft October 2014
… Chinese Academy of Forestry …
Publication, 01 October 2014
Cooperative members at the Federation of Cooperatives of the Verapaces nursery in Cobán, Guatemala operate a compost packing machine. FEDECOVERA oversees the production of cardamom, allspice, coffee, tea, cocoa, essential oils, grains and vegetables (Photo: Juan José Ochaeta/FEDECOVERA)
IIED marks international forests day with major new research report and toolkit
… climate resilience. Peter de Marsh, chair of the International Family Forestry Alliance , explains the significance of this work: "The FFF … peoples. But in this new phase, FFF will help forge concrete links between FFPOs with climate change and forest landscape restoration … for transformative action on forest loss and poverty: agriculture and forestry have links to all 17 of the goals. To achieve the SDGs, it will …
News, 21 March 2018
Logging trucks in Ghana: legislation requires that to charge stumpage fees on harvested timber at levels that keep the timber industry under control (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Communities stumped as government fails to make loggers pay
… to over-harvesting in the 1990s, Ghanaian regulations now require the Forestry Commission to charge stumpage fees on harvested timber at … Also written into this legislation is a requirement for the Forestry Commission to update these stumpage fees quarterly. But as a … Stumpage rates were not changed between 2003 and 2012. Firstly, the Forestry Commission failed to comply with their obligation to use the …
Insight, 19 March 2015
Participants at the third China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform meeting in Beijing (Photo: Simon Lim/IIED)
China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform puts focus on business solutions
… sustainable forest management in Africa through investment in the forestry sector. The event agenda is available to download (PDF) , while … Ben Donkor, executive director, Timber Industry Development Division, Forestry Commission (Ghana); Anicet Ngomin, deputy director, Ministry of … executive director of the Timber Industry Development Division, Forestry Commission of Ghana, discussed promoting legality in the …
News, 14 February 2017
Local voice, global forest, local forest, global voice
… advocating for sustainable forest management and locally controlled forestry as a vital component in any realistic strategy going forward to … the aim of working for the equitable and sustainable management of forestry resources, had organized, in collaboration with The Forests … come together. Global voice: G3 have had to work hard to strengthen links between the founder groups and to hammer out an agenda to ensure …
Insight, 17 January 2011
Women sit next to piles of vegetables like onions, tomatoes, garlic.
Five pathways to deliver rapid support for a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery in the LDCs
… and micro enterprises, particularly those in the agriculture and forestry sectors, to emerge from the pandemic and increase their …
Insight, 30 September 2021
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?
… most environmentally risky venture ever . Others are exploring its links to deforestation . Africa has leverage too Yet, just because China … timber buyer. But, like those from other countries, China-linked forestry companies, small forestry enterprises and traders need to improve their compliance with …
Insight, 19 June 2019
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
… 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 … nine African countries; representatives from the Chinese Academy of Forestry; the Global Environmental Institute; IIED; WWF and other …
Project, 22 September 2014