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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 … to this land as landowners take up tree-planting contracts with the forest department. Who benefits from the programme depends on the … on the site and their participation in decision making. The Forest and Farm Facility has a strong track record (PDF) in supporting …
Insight, 04 June 2021
Malawi meeting shows how to make forestry fair and sustainable
… The Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) is a groundbreaking initiative … Ghana, India, Indonesia, South Africa, Uganda, Vietnam. Each team brings together researchers, policymakers, non-governmental … are high rates of deforestation due to weak enforcement of land and forest laws. Other problems include unjust farming practices and limited …
News, 24 November 2008
Smallholder forest-farm in Myanmar
Fairer by Far: Multi-functional mosaics for public goods
… Forest landscapes provide a number of public goods — options for income … options from forest landscapes might optimize public goods, no team invoked a single 'monotypic' enterprise solution. In other words, … and local right-holder groups.   Duncan Macqueen is principal researcher in IIED's Forest Team. This post was first published on the …
Insight, 23 August 2013
The voices of women involved in farming and fisheries, such as these in Bangladesh, are often lost in decision-making (Photo: CBFM-Fem Com Bangladesh/WorldFish, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Does gender balance improve forestry and fishery management?
… efforts – for example, women's active involvement in community forest management committees is linked to better forest conservation . Women are also thought to have a vital role in … in a recently published protocol – ' Does the gender composition of forest and fishery management groups affect resource governance and …
Insight, 02 July 2015
South Africans celebrate 'Vuvuzela Day': the World Forestry Congress in Durban will discuss critical forestry issues (Photo: Dundas Football Club, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Time to dust off the vuvuzelas
… forests. Can the needs of the poor, and our desire to protect the forest, go hand in hand? Or will the forests vanish, the farming systems … us in Durban. Duncan Macqueen ([email protected]) is principal researcher in IIED's forest team with the Natural Resources Group . Resources / who to follow at WFC …
Insight, 04 September 2015
A tree nursery run by Fedecovera, is the world's biggest exporter of cardamom and a cooperative with 25,000 members (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Organise to thrive
… conflict, it has not panned out that way. Organisation is why. The Forest and Farm Facility (PDF)  is working with these communities to … every level.  Duncan Macqueen ([email protected]) is principal researcher in IIED's forest team with the Natural Resources Group. …
Insight, 30 June 2015
Local forest workers in Cambodia, one of the regions studied for a new report (Photo: Frontier Cambodia Forest via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Four ways to support locally controlled forestry and benefit people and the planet
… technical extension services so they can play a valuable role in forest-farm mosaics that deliver local and global public goods. "The … to stabilise our changing climate," says Duncan Macqueen, principal researcher in IIED's Forest Team and co-author of the report. "However, the support they receive is …
News, 19 May 2014
The field team designing a REDD strategy talk to farmer Nimale Maribu Saidi as part of their field research in Meceburi Forest Reserve, Mozambique .Photo by Mike Goldwater
Inclusive environmental investments
… or enhancing forests. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is an effort to create a financial value for … paths to sustainable development. REDD+ goes beyond deforestation and forest degradation, and includes the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks” – UN REDD Much of IIED’s work on inclusive …
Project, 07 September 2013
Cover for G00418.pdf
Associations of Small & Medium Forest Enterprises (SMFEs)
Publication, 01 January 1970
Pre-emptive controlled burning in Belize is preventing severe uncontrolled wild fires during the driest months (Photo: Toledo Institute for Development and Environment)
Flaming parrots and palmetto palms
… degrading these resources in an increasingly variable climate. The forest land itself has also recently become a hot topic in relation to … parrot. Duncan Macqueen ([email protected]) is a principal researcher in the forest team within IIED's Natural Resources Group . …
Insight, 08 February 2016