Organisation
The Centre for People and Forests (RECOFTC)
The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) is an international organisation with a vision of local communities actively managing forests in Asia and the Pacific to ensure optimal social, economic and environmental benefits.
Community forestry is widely acknowledged as a powerful solution for many of the challenges facing local people and the wider society, especially in improving rural livelihoods, enhancing community governance and empowerment, transforming forest-related conflict, protecting and enhancing the environment, and helping to fight climate change. As a capacity-building organisation, RECOFTC improves the ability of people and organisations to conduct community forestry effectively and sustainably.
RECOFTC works toward its mission through four thematic areas:
RECOFTC works toward its mission through four thematic areas:
- expanding community forestry
- people, forests and climate change
- transforming forest conflict
- securing local livelihoods.
Published Documents
- Assessment of REDD+ training needs and supply in six countries in the Africa and Asia-Pacific Regions
- Conservation International, 2013
- REDD+ capacity building is fundamental to achieving REDD+ readiness. There is little data, however, that describe the type of capacity building and the number of people that are reached with these initiatives in REDD+ countries. The l...
- Forests and climate change after Doha: an Asia-Pacific perspective
- The Centre for People and Forests, 2013
- Since 2010 the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and have brought together regional experts to reflect on the outcomes of the 15th, 16th and 17th Conference o...
- Achieving gender equality through response to climate change: case studies from local action to global policy
- G. Askin / The Centre for People and Forests, 2012
- This paper presents specific examples of the work of members of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA), showcasing their diverse expertise and practical experience, as well as highlighting lessons learned in developing and impl...
- Linking adaptation and mitigation through community forestry: case studies from Asia
- R. Suzuki / The Centre for People and Forests, 2012
- Forests play a key role in climate change mitigation and adaptation and there are potential synergies between REDD+ and the ability of populations to adapt to the impacts of climate change. This report argues that failure to consider ...
- REDD+ in Asia-Pacific: Are Capacity Building Services Meeting Countries' Needs?
- The Centre for People and Forests, 2011
- This report examines strengths, weaknesses and gaps in the capacity building services available for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) readiness in Asia-Pacific countries. It begins with an overview o...
- Forests and Climate Change After Durban: An Asia-Pacific Perspective
- The Centre for People and Forests, 2012
- This document discusses the outcome of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) 17th Conference of Parties, with an explicit focus on implications for the forestry sector in the Asia-Pacific region. Th...
- A Training for Trainers Manual for REDD+: For Community Level Facilitators
- The Centre for People and Forests, 2012
- This training manual has been prepared for use by community level facilitators who intend to learn and pass on knowledge related to climate change and the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) concept to...
- Realizing Forest Rights in Vietnam: Addressing Issues in Community Forest Management
- T. Sikor / The Centre for People and Forests, 2011
- This document presents analysis of key issues relating to Community Forest Management (CFM) in Vietnam. CFM has emerged as an important mechanism for realizing multiple development goals. The first section focuses on issues that relat...
- REDD+ Safeguards for Vietnam: Key Issues and the Way Forward
- T. Sikor / The Centre for People and Forests, 2012
- This brief discusses Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) safeguards in the context of Vietnam and makes recommendations for future action. It begins by outlining the Vietnamese context and the United N...
- Cambodia REDD+ capacity building services assessment
- J. Stephenson / The Centre for People and Forests, 2012
- In the past three years, tropical forested countries across the world have taken important institutional, policy, legal and piloting steps to become ready for REDD+. Capacity building is a key component of this REDD+ readiness process...
