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Cover for G03752.pdf
Evaluation of the work of the Forest Governance Learning Group 2009-13
… phase began in 2003 and a second phase, entitled ‘Social Justice in Forestry’ began in 2009 and closed at the end of 2013. This report gives … taking into account the strengths and weaknesses identified. New projects will benefit from mitigating the identified constraining …
Publication, 01 January 2014
Trees, poverty and targets: forests and the MDGs
News, 18 April 2007
Baka women collecting non-timber forest products in Nomedjoh, Cameroon (Photo: Indra Van Gisbergen)
Biodiversity: a women’s business?
… Central Women Entrepreneurs Committee and the Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal  to encourage the Ministry of Industry to support … The government of Kenya has created incentives through the Farm Forestry Rules to promote and maintain farm-forest cover of at least 10% … and agroforestry. Through its network, SEWA supports women farm and forestry cooperatives to acquire land for agroforestry, produce …
Insight, 29 November 2018
Small and medium forest enterprises and associations
Project, 11 June 2008
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Defending our territory: the biocultural community protocol of Alto San Juan, Colombia (PLA 65)
… (ASOCASAN) in the region are not violated by illegal mining and forestry, and that cultural practices and the development model that … for dialogue with external actors wishing to implement development projects and research on the territory. The ancestral territory of … is important for this recognition, and also to ensure follow-up projects once the protocol has been developed. This article appears in …
Publication, 01 June 2012
Markets for environmental services case studies
… services and improved livelihoods IIED's environmental economics and forestry and land use programmes worked together on this DFID-sponsored … another IIED project, Instruments for sustainable private sector forestry, funded by the UK's Department for International Development … of publications , including theme papers on privatising sustainable forestry, certification, company-community partnerships and markets for …
Project, 08 May 2008
People putting up solar panels
Inclusive finance for universal energy access
Article, 13 November 2019
Close-up of a shovel, on which dirt is balanced, during a tree-planting ceremony, with a plaque in the background
Trees need locally-grown politics
… I was once part of a team supporting the National Forestry Programme in Malawi and on annual tree-planting day I was asked … this they can achieve scale at a speed that locally-built integrated projects can only dream about. But these campaigns are fragile precisely … may result in improved resources, but only to the benefit of elites. Projects must move beyond a single focus on technical success and …
Insight, 04 June 2021
Three people with a pile of vicuña wool
Who’s listening? Community voices on illegal wildlife trade
… Specialist Group (IUCN SULi) , the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) , Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales …  (all Spanish language sites), USAID and TRAFFIC . Successful IWT projects Participants of the Community Voices event presented many great …
Insight, 06 November 2019
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Revisiting Collaborative Forest Management in Kyrgyzstan: What happened to bottomup decision-making?
… has collaborated with the Kyrgyz government in developing its forestry sector. The Kyrgyz-Swiss Forestry Support Programme (KIRFOR) covered a wide range of activities, …
Publication, 01 December 2010