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Will reducing emissions influence climate change?
( M. van Noordwijk;H. Purnomo;L. Peskett / World Agroforestry Centre , 2008)
This paper summarises a study undertaken by the Indonesian Forest Climate Alliance (IFCA) to support Indonesian stakeholders to participate in global negotiations. The authors note that the objective ...
Impact of forest tenure reform on local livelihoods in Vietnam
( N. Q. Tan;N. B. Ngai;T. N. Thanh / Regional Community Forestry Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific , 2008)
In Vietnam, forest area under the management of local people has expanded from almost nothing in the early 1990s to nearly 3.5 million hectares (27% of the national forest area) in 2006. This study lo...
Importance of wetlands in relation to climate change
( D. Pritchard / Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development , 2009)
This paper summarises the importance of wetlands in relation to climate change and eaxmines their potential role in the measures for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)...
The state of global forest tenure reform
( W., D. Sunderlin;J. Hatcher;M. Liddle / The Rights and Resources Initiative , 2008)
In 2002, Forest Trends reported that in recent decades governments had begun to reduce their legal ownership and control of the world’s forests. This document evaluates whether this forest tenur...
Involving forest stakeholders using collaborative management strategies
( C. Diaw (ed);T. Aseh (ed);R. Prabhu (ed) / Center for International Forestry Research , 2009)

In developing countries, forest management, sharing and collaboration has encountered major problems as reflected in Southern Cameroon’s forested landscape, which is challenged by differences...

Malawian government ought to proactively support Small and Medium Forest Enterprises
( P. Kambewa;H. Utila / Forestry and Land Use Programme, IIED , 2008)
Approximately 85% of Malawi’s population live in rural areas and depend in some way on forests for their livelihoods. Recent government policies have highlighted how forest resources could do mo...
Lessons learnt: forestry programmes in Asia, Africa and Asia
( M. Colchester (ed) / The Rights and Resources Initiative , 2008)
Although the historical focus on tenure reforms has resulted in some important improvements in the livelihoods of forest communities, it has not prevented them from suffering social exclusion and impo...
A training course on participatory forest management
( S Worah / Regional Community Forestry Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific , 2008)
Participatory and inclusive approaches to forest and Protected Area management are not new. They have been advocated by various groups including NGOs, academics and forest resource users for over two ...
Using future scenarios to change the way forest communities and local governments interact
( K. Evans;W. de Jong;P. Cronkleton / Center for International Forestry Research , 2008)
This paper discusses how a participatory method to facilitate thinking about future scenarios can help change the way forest communities and local governments interact. It reviews a growing body of li...
Constraints and opportunities for community-based forest enterprises in Nepal
( Center for International Forestry Research , 2008)
Based on a study involving 28 different types of community-based forest enterprises (CBFEs), this policy brief summarises the important constraints affecting CBFEs in Nepal. It identifies key areas fo...
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