Forestry deforestation
- Towards wellbeing in forest communities
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Local governments have an important role to play in enhancing the wellbeing of forest communities, yet often lack the capacity to understand and address local needs. This sourcebook provides a valuable resource for local governments and others interested in reducing poverty through more participatory approaches with forest communities. Drawing on experiences in Bolivia and Indonesia, the authors suggest a range of approaches for developing locally relevant strategies for poverty monitoring and intervention.
Latest Additions
- The need to grow cash crops has a negative effect on deforestation
- ( B. Mkwara;D. Marsh / Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato , 2009)
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Deforestation arising from conversion of forest areas into agriculture is a serious problem in Malawi. This paper discusses competition for agricultural land and investigates why the poor are close...
- What might REDD+ at the national level look like?
- ( A. Angelsen (ed);M. Brockhaus;M. Kanninen / Center for International Forestry Research , 2009)
- More than 40 countries are developing national REDD+ strategies and policies, and hundreds of REDD+ projects have been initiated across the tropics. This book wants to inform these national and local ...
- Implementing REDD in Tanzania and Uganda
- ( A. Vatn;P. Vedeld;J.G. Petursson / Norwegian University of Life Sciences , 2009)
- This paper examines whether reduced emissions from forests – from deforestation and forest degradation (the REDD project) - should be included in a post-Kyoto agreement . It focuses on how ...
- Can China stop illegal timber trade with Burma officials?
- ( Global Witness , 2009)
- The report documents on illegal logging and illegal export of timber to China in Kachin State in Burma, which is on the border of China and where deforestation is at its worst. It also documents the r...
- Telecommunications are a powerful tool for positive change
- ( Sheila K;Katrin V / United Nations Foundation , 2008)
- This report, published by the UN Foundation, examines real life examples of and trends in wireless technology solutions being used to drive change in the areas of health, humanitarian assistance, and ...
- Drivers of change behind illegal logging
- ( M.N. Rosander / Regional Community Forestry Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific , 2008)
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This report provides an overview of the issues, root causes, and driving forces behind the crimes related to
illegal logging. The report includes a comprehensive review of existing initiative... - Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
- ( Macroeconomics for Sustainable Development Programme Office, WWF , 2008)
- This paper aims to provide an overview to potential policy approaches and positive incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in the post-2012 United Nations Fr...
- How to finance sustainable forest management to avoid deforestation and forest degradation
- ( European Tropical Forest Research Network , 2008)
- Despite the adoption of many international agreements over the last decades, degradation of forests and deforestation has continued. Since this is largely due to the market's failure to account for fo...
- The way to successful community forestry in the Amazon
- ( G. Medina;B. Pokorny;B. Campbell / Center for International Forestry Research , 2008)
- The opportunities to profit from commercialising forest products promise to improve livelihoods in the rural Amazon, but only if local communities have ownership over the ways in which their resources...
- Integrating climate change and sustainable development in Asia
- ( Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) / Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan , 2008)
- Based on strategic research carried out at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), this paper is a summary of current climate change policies in Asia-Pacific. It explains why it is n...
