Anna Bolin
Researcher, Natural Resources
Community forest management and forest tenure systems in tropical forest countries; the role of forest and farm organisations and networks in strengthening local rights to resources and achieving sustainable development at the local level; REDD+ negotiations in the UNFCCC and at the level of country implementation; impact of global forest risk commodities on tropical deforestation. Particular experience in Africa and South East Asia.
Improving local rights and livelihoods by strenghtening the capacity of local forest and farm producer organisations to organise themselves around products, markets and policy. Researching the challenges small scale forestry enterprises face and what the enabling conditions are that will allow locally controlled forest enterprises to develop and become successfull, and the benefits of this alternative rural development model. Other research areas includes the impact of Chinese investment on Africa's forest, looking at land use sectors such as forestry, mining, infrastructure and agriculture and what the options are for improving these for long-term sustainable development.
Project manager, Global Canopy Programme, Oxford, UK.
English, French
Anna Bolin's blog posts
Four lessons for successful locally controlled forest enterprises from the Forest Connect workshop in Vietnam.