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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 … the talking points will include: Are there norms that are common to forestry institutions around the world? Which of these support or …
Insight, 24 September 2012
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What are the effects of nature conservation on human wellbeing? A systematic map of empirical evidence from developing countries
… include resource management interventions, such as fisheries and forestry, and economic and material outcomes.  The evidence base is …
Publication, 28 April 2016
An African man makes a speech in front of a banner in Chinese
Our previous work on China
… institutions and African stakeholders in both the agriculture and forestry sectors, and Deepening knowledge and collaboration on … ' examines Chinese trade and investment in mining, agriculture and forestry in Chile, Brazil and Peru.   Research on Chinese engagements …
Article, 01 August 2019
A mango tree frames views of a forest in Mozambique in the distance.
China in Africa’s forests
… understanding is that there are only a small number of large Chinese forestry concessions and investments and these are confined to only a … Republic of Congo (DRC), there are no official Chinese-owned forestry concessions but an apparently increasing share of the 4 million … needed. Some good connections do already exist: the Chinese State Forestry Administration (SFA) has had a number of useful exchanges with …
Insight, 20 March 2013
A tree leans over a small stream in a forest in Mozambique.
16 tools to help small businesses sustain forests, limit climate change and cut poverty
News, 01 May 2012
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
… and cultural forested landscapes. A new 'locally controlled forestry' approach is available that maintains the integrity of both … the same breath – and at landscape scales? Enter ' locally controlled forestry ' (LCF), an agenda mutually developed from 2009-12 by international alliances of indigenous people, community forestry and family small-holders (forest 'rights-holders') in a series …
Insight, 17 November 2014
Launch event of the China-Africa Forest Governance Platform in March 2013. Photo: Simon Lim
Just forest governance
… Locally-controlled forestry …
Article, 07 September 2013
Fishermen hauling in a net
Accounting for small-scale fisheries and the ocean
… the System of Environmental Economic Accounting for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries framework A scoping study in Cambodia, to provide …
Project, 05 August 2019
The interface between forests, agriculture and climate change: understanding the implications for REDD
… Forestry, agriculture and climate change are closely linked, posing … and national levels may therefore need to look beyond the forestry sector and give attention to agriculture. See our related work … intiative aimed to increase understanding of the interaction between forestry, agriculture and climate change and to map out the implications …
Project, 02 September 2010
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Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Nepal: A Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment of Nepal’s REDD+ Strategy
… degradation, popularly known as REDD. In September 2013, the REDD Forestry and Climate Change Cell (REDD Cell) of the Government of …
Publication, 01 August 2014