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Social justice in forests: gains made and tactics that work. A report from the Forest Governance Learning Group
… Forestry can strengthen communities’ livelihoods, contribute to poverty … at developing people, not just profit. However governing forests and forestry well demands good, interconnected decisions to be made by many … the progress, impacts and future plans of the Social Justice in Forestry project of FGLG, drawing together studies from each of the …
Publication, 01 September 2014
Workshop participants undertake a participatory resource mapping exercise for community enterprises (Photo: Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources - ANSAB)
Forest and Farm Facility launches Phase II
… event is being held at the biennial meeting of the Committee on Forestry (COFO) , the FAO's highest statutory forestry body. The launch of Climate resilient landscapes and … forest products from the Amazon, and In the Gambia, 77 community forestry groups secured land tenure. Related resources Forest business …
News, 20 July 2018
Place forests under local control to increase incomes and sustainability
News, 07 September 2012
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Sustainability standards in China-Latin America trade and investment: A discussion
… trade and investment between China and Latin America in mining, forestry and agriculture, with a particular focus on Chile, Peru and … Forest Stewardship Council certification and China’s national forestry certification scheme. After analysing the drivers and …
Publication, 01 May 2013
A community forest in Ethiopia.Credit: Growing Forest Partnerships
Local control of forests brings economic, environmental and social gains
… in forest management or used to support local community development projects. "Community forestry turned Nepal's forests from barren wastelands into the green … Ghan Shyam Pandey, coordinator of the Global Alliance of Community Forestry. In 2009, the Global Alliance of Community Forestry joined …
News, 13 June 2012
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Forest Governance Learning Group - Project Document June 2003
… and develop ideas on forest governance and to help make them work. Forestry can contribute to the eradication of poverty and environmental … and install the policy and institutional systems which spread local forestry success. Whilst there is much attention being given to a few … outputs will include policy research conducted on illegal/corrupt forestry and poor people, learning between countries promoted in two …
Publication, 01 June 2003
Headshots of four people over a sunrise over a lush forest
Getting climate resilience right – the case for backing smallholder organisations: Make Change Happen podcast episode 13
… Nsimdala and Duncan MacQueen, an IIED expert on locally controlled forestry, explore why smallholders are so motivated to find …
Article, 13 September 2021
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 … foresters and has become a multi-stakeholder forum in the Indonesian forestry sector. The group uses an alumni system to ensure members who … I propose that rather than ask how we can engage young people, the forestry community needs to explore how we can best support and nurture …
Insight, 24 August 2015
The Poverty-Forests Toolkit: showing what forests mean to the poor
… the Poverty-Forests Toolkit . The aim was to enhance the profile of forestry in poverty reduction strategies and other policy processes, and … IIED did The four country teams worked at the national level with forestry services, national statistical offices, poverty reduction strategy coordination offices and forestry universities, and at local level with forest-using communities …
Project, 11 June 2008
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Final Narrative Report 2006-2009: Forest Governance Learning Group - Uganda
… illegal practices that degrade forest dependent livelihoods; promote forestry enterprises and community management arrangements; and promote … frameworks that support local control and increased benefits from forestry. …
Publication, 01 November 2009