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Assessing local preferences for payment formats in REDD+ interventions: A case study of the Ongo Community Forest
… by different players including the national forestry sector, forest-neighbouring communities and private individuals owning forested … and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture, a research team from Makerere University in collaboration with ECOTRUST conducted a … Onieni, Ogadra and Kibali. These villages surround a communally owned forest, the Ongo Community Forest, which is located about 54km from …
Publication, 01 December 2013
A goal worth scoring: Lessons from winning football teams can improve the supply chains of commodities that drive deforestation. Credit: Cusia-Inc
Football’s winning ingredients can help forests in Kenya and Tanzania
… into my head. It had dawned on me that the hallmarks of a winning team are also the key ingredients that could transform commodity chains … extraction threatens the long-term security of supply of forest products (timber and charcoal), deforestation also undermines the … and a combination of tactics and skills are needed to win a game. For forest-risk commodities, efforts on the supply side (e.g. securing land …
Insight, 20 March 2014
Woman bends over a seedbed.
IIED at the 2022 Nature-based Solutions Conference
… with 13 two-hour sessions held over three days. IIED principal researcher Dilys Roe is a member of the conference steering committee … Museum (NHM) lecture theatre and online, via Zoom Convenors: IIED and Forest Peoples Programme  Just and equitable NbS are designed, … of NbS. Speakers Dilys Roe (co-chair), principal researcher and team leader (biodiversity), IIED  Helen Tugendhat (co-chair), programme …
Event, 05 July 2022
Peter DeMarsh, who died in the Ethiopian Airways crash on 10 March 2019 (Photo: Teresa Sarroca)
IIED remembers Peter DeMarsh
… a commitment to collective action and solidarity among smallholder forest farmers based on his own appreciation, compassion and mutual … DeMarsh. That will have to do. Written by Duncan Macqueen , principal researcher and forest team leader, IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
News, 14 March 2019
First international gathering of forest producer organisations underway
… giving the world’s many millions of smallholder farmer and community forest producers an opportunity to have their voices heard at a global … producer organizations can flourish," says Duncan Macqueen, Principal Researcher in IIED’s Forest Team. "We’re hoping that the discussions this week will build on that, …
News, 25 November 2013
Report backs novel approach to improving forest governance
… Researchers working with forest community groups and policy makers in ten countries in Africa and … search underway for proven ways to improve governance to ensure that forest resources are managed for the public good,” says project leader … James Mayers. “That search should look at what’s been achieved by the Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG). Its experience shows how to …
News, 17 August 2009
Aerial natural landscape.
From New Zealand to Africa: managing land use trade-offs
Insight, 04 March 2022
Local logging bosses ('patrons') attend a training session on business organisation and forest management in the remote miombo forest near Caia in Central Mozambique (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Mozambique's forest theatre – how will the play end?
… environment. Honestly, they are fun to be around. They live a forest life and love it. But times are changing, the perception that … us all.   Duncan Macqueen ( [email protected] ) is principal researcher in IIED's forest team within the Natural Resources Group . … Mozambique's forest theatre – how will the play end? …
Insight, 04 March 2015
An association of farmers in northeast Myanmar carries out value chain analysis of elephant foot yam (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Strengthening producer organisations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
… finance for sustainable landscapes” interview series, IIED forest team leader Duncan Macqueen (DM) spoke with Tropenbos International ’s … research focuses on the success factors for locally controlled forest enterprises, and he has published widely on the subject. Here, he …
Article, 12 March 2019
Countryside in Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. Photo: Duncan Macqueen
Strength in numbers: the promise of forest producer organisations
… As a slogan for an international conference on forest producer organisations 'Strength in numbers' seemed particular … but very necessary strength in numbers. Duncan Macqueen is principal researcher in IIED’s Forest Team ( [email protected] ) … Strength in numbers: the promise of forest producer organisations …
Insight, 28 November 2013