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Ghanaian women working in a micro enterprise shell cocoa, one of the commodities driving deforestation in western Ghana. These enterprises need targeted access to finance to adopt sustainable production systems that can contribute to halting deforestation and improving livelihoods (Photo: Tom Blomley)
Evaluation and Learning Partnership on Financing Forest-Related Enterprises
… Locally-controlled forestry …
Project, 23 February 2018
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 … that provides support to forest and farm producer organisations. FFF partners include the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)  of the … 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
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
… Our goal Through research, dialogue and joint action, IIED and its partners will contribute to improving forest governance, by promoting … 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 …
Project, 22 September 2014
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127 Case Study 4 Small-medium Forestry Enterprises for Poverty Reduction and Sustainability
… Document begins: 127 Case Study 4 Small-medium Forestry Enterprises for Poverty Reduction and Sustainability1 Partners of the International Institute for Environment and Development … international focus either on large-scale or micro-scale community forestry. An ongoing programme of work is seeking to redress this …
Publication, 01 January 1970
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 … Learning Group (FGLG) is an informal alliance of 10 in-country partners, coordinated by IIED and established in 2004, which aims to … foresters and has become a multi-stakeholder forum in the Indonesian forestry sector. The group uses an alumni system to ensure members who …
Insight, 24 August 2015
Cover for G04054.pdf
Forest and Farm Producer Organizations- Operating Systems for the SDGs
… between FAO and AgriCord. Now, together with the International Family Forestry Alliance (IFFA), we have made this compilation of cases that … global agenda for development. And we invite governments, development partners, civil society and the private sector to help channel further …
Publication, 01 January 2016
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Social Justice in Forestry: Report of the Ninth International Learning Event of the Forest Governance Learning Group
… (FGLG) is an informal alliance of in-country teams and international partners, currently active in seven African and three Asian countries, … Social Justice in Forestry: Report of the Ninth International Learning Event of the Forest …
Publication, 01 May 2014
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Arguing forests: the story of FGLG Indonesia
… report presents the story of Indonesia FGLG, one of ten in-country partners that form the international Forest Governance Learning Group … governance initiative within the particular context of the Indonesian forestry sector. …
Publication, 01 February 2015
A forest near Ngon village, Ebolowa district, in Cameroon, which will host an event to bring together Chinese, African and international stakeholders to discuss trade and investment impacting Africa's forests (Photo: Photo by Ollivier Girard for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Creative Commons, via Flickr)
China-Africa forest governance strengthened with Cameroon event
… and Development (IIED) in collaboration with the M inistry of Forestry and Wildlife of Cameroon (MINFOF) .   This event will bring … fast-changing  issue, based on up-to-date research generated by IIED, partners and others, as well as capacity-building initiatives and policy … Platform was developed by IIED, WWF, the Research Institute of Forestry Policy and Information at the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF) …
News, 19 June 2015
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Report of an informal meeting between IIED and partners on forest and social resilience to climate change, Nairobi, 15 Nov 2006
… During this workshop participants agreed that forestry is key with regard to social resilience in the face of climate … Report of an informal meeting between IIED and partners on forest and social resilience to climate change, Nairobi, 15 …
Publication, 01 November 2006