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The community owners of a furniture factory pose for a photo
Locally controlled forest enterprises are the whole enchilada
… forest enterprises in total. Why Mexico is backing community forestry – and how community groups are ‘Scaling up locally controlled … income); social cohesion (distributing profits through community projects); livelihood security (diversifying product lines); human … the rather unwieldy Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . But recent research led by IIED under the title ‘ Innovations towards prosperity ’ …
Insight, 10 September 2018
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
… More than 1.5 billion smallholders around the world depend on forest landscapes for their food and livelihoods. The Forest and Farm … event is being held at the biennial meeting of the Committee on Forestry (COFO) , the FAO's highest statutory forestry body. The launch … factsheets . During a side event at COFO, FFF has also launched a research report published by IUCN, ‘The world’s largest private sector? …
News, 20 July 2018
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FGLG Vietnam - Community Forestry and Poverty Alleviation: A Synthesis of Project Findings from Field Activities
… ~The Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) is an initiative across seven … and three Asian countries, working towards better governance in forestry. From September 2006 to 2009, FGLG Vietnam focused on how … to address the challenges of forest governance through participatory research and shared learning. This report details the findings of the …
Publication, 01 August 2009
Community Forestry in the Democratic Republic of Congo
… Basin are among the last large areas of relatively intact tropical forest and it is thanks in large measure to the people of the DRC that … forest-based communities in the DRC. What did IIED do? IIED conducted research into experiences in other parts of the world with community forestry, in particular, the legal and institutional frameworks that …
Project, 09 September 2010
Two women standing in a forest.
Sisters are doing it for themselves in biodiverse Belize
… managing water and enriching the soil with organic matter. IIED research shows that, globally, smallholders invest more in climate … This is where IIED’s experience is proving useful. Through projects such as the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) and Nature Nurture , … advocates in Belize, including the departments of agriculture and forestry, agricultural training institutes such as Galen University and …
Insight, 18 March 2024
Crop field with man watering the soil.
Reconciling food production and forest conservation: priorities for the UN Food Systems Summit
… expansion by smallholder farmers accounted for 92% of Africa’s lost forest cover relative to a 2010 baseline. An additional 430 million … Agriculture (SENTINEL) project . This multi-country, multi-year research initiative led by IIED with activities in Ethiopia, Ghana, and … a closer look at the objectives of national agricultural policies and forestry, biodiversity and REDD+ policy strategies would identify and …
Insight, 20 September 2021
Two rice terraces with a small forest growing between them in Nepal.
Nepal: Forestry and agriculture and the story of their fake divorce
… Subsistence farmers have traditionally happily married forestry and agricultural practices on their land, and have done so for … forests. However this misconception is not backed up by recent global research. A study has shown that commercial actors, producing goods to … FFF was asked to collaborate with the MFP and pilot some agroforestry projects together to address this gap. At the end of the workshop a …
Insight, 18 July 2013
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
… for – smallholders are at the heart of this episode, which explores forest and farm producer organisations’ (FFPOs) extraordinary capacity … Nsimdala and Duncan MacQueen, an IIED expert on locally controlled forestry, explore why smallholders are so motivated to find … resilience work. Clare Shakya, director of IIED’s Climate Change research group, joins the discussion to explore another increasingly …
Article, 13 September 2021
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?
… masterplan. However, decisions by African leaders on China-backed projects seem largely  pragmatic and short term, with little citizen … the bigger investments. Cameroon: development theory in reality New research , conducted by IIED and local partners the Centre for … timber buyer. But, like those from other countries, China-linked forestry companies, small forestry enterprises and traders need to …
Insight, 19 June 2019
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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 … is based on the local control and capacity to make productive use of forest resources, guided by fair and effective policies and supported by … and investment relationship. Through the collaborative approaches to research, capacity building and advocacy highlighted it is hoped this …
Publication, 01 September 2014