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Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme
… Facility Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme, IIED and partners of the Forest and Farm Facility are providing business … Locally-controlled forestry …
Project, 19 December 2022
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Déclaration de Yaoundé : déclaration sur la foresterie communautaire dans le bassin du Congo
… ‘Yaoundé Declaration’ - statement concerning community forestry in the Congo Basin region, March 2019 Third Annual CoNGOs … African Republic and the Republic of Congo, along with international partners from Europe, came together in Yaoundé for three days in … and Land Use in the Congo Basin (ILLUCBF) programme. Community forestry can impact the future of some 40 million people across the …
Publication, 01 March 2019
A woman carries firewood in the rainforest
CoNGOs: NGOs collaborating for equitable and sustainable community livelihoods in Congo Basin forests
… and sustainable growth, are not adequately supported. Community forestry has been one avenue through which stakeholders in the Congo … sustainable resource management and development. However, 'community forestry' is also a contested idea. There is an urgent need, not only to … enterprises. It was attended by CoNGOs consortium UK and in-country partners, members of the Forest Connect network from Africa, Asia and …
Project, 04 August 2016
Community Forestry in the Democratic Republic of Congo
… research into experiences in other parts of the world with community forestry, in particular, the legal and institutional frameworks that … a national dialogue on forest governance relating to community forestry. The institute also supported partner organisations in DRC … resources, development aspirations and the potential of community forestry. The research was designed to support the development of a …
Project, 09 September 2010
Local farm foresters near Kumasi, Ghana. Evidence suggests that locally controlled forests are generally better for the forest and people than either protected areas or large-scale industrial business models (Photo: WWF)
Investing in locally controlled forestry – a planetary-scale solution for forests and people
… As a researcher in tropical forestry I travel to tropical forest areas in Africa, Asia and Latin … governments are to unleash the economic potential of local controlled forestry. Four basic preconditions are needed: secure forest tenure, … service providers) and cash (from finance agencies and value chain partners). China grasped this with its forest tenure reform a decade or …
Insight, 07 September 2016
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Organisation – how it ignites successful, locally controlled forestry business
… within a forthcoming ‘compendium of successful locally controlled forestry business models’ to provide some answers. It showcases business … and capacity development strategies used by its knowledge network partners in an alliance, Forest Connect, can chart a way forward and … Organisation – how it ignites successful, locally controlled forestry business …
Publication, 01 September 2015
Participants from 26 countries attended the Forest Connect workshop (Photo: Hop Thinh)
Locally controlled forestry enterprises could teach us all a thing or two
… for the Forest Connect alliance, which supports locally controlled forestry enterprises, to hold its fourth international workshop in … and the South about how programmes to organise locally controlled forestry had been implemented. They focused on 12 case studies of … from substantial support from a government programme and NGO partners, it is now working with the University of Western Parį, to …
Insight, 04 February 2015
Commercial logging in Tengchong, China. Photo: Simon Lim
Supporting locally-controlled forest enterprises
… are essential components of investing in locally-controlled forestry. Building business capacity IIED has been working with partners to understand how best to build the capacity and organisation … Rights-Holders’ Group — to promote investing in locally-controlled forestry at a global policymaking level, including through The Forests …
Article, 11 September 2013
A woman farmer bends over in a field of crops in front of forest in the background.
Flourishing forests and prosperous people – together
Article, 04 January 2022
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. … developed the platform in partnership with the Chinese Academy of Forestry and Beijing-based Global Environmental Institute, which … the launch event in Beijing next week. At the launch, the platform partners will also present and discuss new research, which IIED will …
News, 27 February 2013