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View of the town of Pisaq in Peru, near the Potato Park Biocultural Heritage Territory
Indigenous biocultural heritage for sustainable development
… sustainable development. Funded by the British Academy , the project partners were the Indigenous NGO ANDES (Peru), the Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Kenya Forestry Research Institute and the Indian NGO Lok Chetna Manch . … social change and tourism development. IIED and the four country partners held a research planning workshop in January 2019 to develop a …
Project, 29 April 2019
A community-owned Mexican sawmill in Oaxaca (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Incendiary observations from the 4th FLARE conference
… thousands of studies on forest restoration and found that community forestry and agroforestry are where win-wins for poor people and forests … and donors aware of the huge potential of sustainable smallholder forestry. IIED and FAO partners at the Forest and Farm Facility helped to facilitate a workshop …
Insight, 22 October 2018
The 36-page print version and online Annual Report highlight IIED's wide range of work to ensure global fairness (Image: IIED/We Are Tangerine)
IIED's 2014/15 annual report: shaping a fairer future
… needs to be heard. The report features the voices of many of IIED's partners around the world, from the Alliance for Responsible Mining in Colombia to the Kenya Forestry Research Institute. The Annual Report includes detailed reports …
News, 15 October 2015
Strengthening pastoral civil society in Senegal
… education) and for drawing up local land use plans for agricultural forestry pastoral and other uses. These provisions, while offering many … of the needs of pastoral communities, and Built the capacity of partners to inform and influence national policy making processes with …
Project, 04 September 2008
First international gathering of forest producer organisations underway
… IUCN, RECOFTC and Tropenbos International,. It is hosted by the State Forestry Administration (SFA) of the People’s Republic of China. It is … Carlowitz: recent evidence points to family, community and indigenous forestry as the most effective strategy for long term forest … legal framework and longterm support from government and other partners lie beyond the ability of producer groups themselves to change …
News, 25 November 2013
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?
… theory in reality New research , conducted by IIED and local partners the Centre for Environment and Development (CED), looked at how … 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
Lumbering illegality: how to make timber sustainable and pro-poor
… and climate strategies in unison to bring about locally controlled forestry. A recent report launched by Chatham House states that illegal … is the entry point, governance reforms toward pro-poor sustainable forestry is embedded in the subtext. FLEGT has also sponsored patient … fair, and bring the more ambitious end of pro-poor sustainable forestry about. The rationale is simple — unless legality is fair, …
Insight, 26 January 2011
Group of participants stand for a picture during the International Forest Connect workshop in Nepal in February 2013.
Forest Connect
… substantial prior IIED body of work to assess both locally controlled forestry enterprises, and then their associations in Brazil, China, … modest financial support from the Forest Connect international partners, but they sourced and used their own resources in support of … studies. In each country, we tried to ensure that locally-controlled forestry was recognised and supported in key policies concerning …
Project, 12 September 2013
Oscar Simanto, one of the founders of the African Forest Enterprises Connect Network (AFECONET), connect forest and farm producers across Africa (Image: IIED)
New network aims to connect locally controlled forest enterprises across Africa
… successful locally controlled forest (LCF) enterprises at the World Forestry Congress in Durban. The new IIED publication includes 19 case … can be supported and scaled up. IIED has been working with a range of partners to understand how best to build support for LCF businesses. …
News, 26 October 2015
Forest Connect: championing local forest enterprises
… Ethiopia to learn from the country’s experience in locally controlled forestry and reaffirm our vision that poverty reduction and forest … . Ethiopia’s experience Ethiopia is turning to locally controlled forestry under the banner of Participatory Forest Management (PFM). As … a national alliance of community forest organisations. Forest Connect partners such as Ut’z Che’ and ACOFOP provide a range of support …
Insight, 24 February 2011