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Cross-sectoral toolkit for the conservation and sustainable management of forest biodiversity
Convention on Biological Diversity, 2008The pressures from sectors such as agriculture, mining, or energy on forest biodiversity require cross-sectoral approaches for the conservation and sustainable management of forests. This tool-kit summarises information on policy approaches that aim to minimize the negative impacts of other sectoral policies on forests and forest biodiversity.DocumentForests and water
Unasylva, FAO, 2008Water-related problems are an increasingly important challenge to sustainable development, and the availability and quality of water are strongly influenced by forests.DocumentCommunity-based forest enterprises in tropical forest countries: status and potential
Amazonia, 2007This study examines promising trends regarding the emergence and development of community forestry enterprises (CFEs) in a range of tropical countries. It looks at the social and political context in each case, considers the way forward and provides specific recommendations.DocumentDistinguishing community forest products in the market: industrial demand for a mechanism that brings together forest certification and fair trade
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008Using cases from Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil and Papua New Guinea, this report looks at the demand for mechanisms that bring together forest certification and fair trade. It particularly focuses on the gap in detail about industrial demand to distinguish community forest products in the market.DocumentA cut above: building the market for fair trade timber
Sustainable Markets Group, IIED, 2008Unlike coffee and cotton, timber has yet to become a fair trade commodity. This two-page briefing argues that the time has now come to change this.DocumentCutting edge: how community forest enterprises lead the way on poverty reduction and avoided deforestation
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007Forests are not just crucial for keeping the global environment stable; they are also a lifeline for hundreds of millions of the world's poor. This paper presents community forest enterprise as a possible solution, which combines both avoided deforestation (the concept of richer nations paying poorer ones to halt planned logging) and poverty reduction.OrganisationGlobal Environmental Facility Evaluation Office (GEF Evaluation Office)
The GEF Evaluation Office is an independent evaluation entity within the Global Environment Facility, and reports directly to the GEF Council on monitoring and evaluation matters.DocumentSwaziland: the myth of sustainable plantations
World Rainforest Movement, 2007Swaziland’s timber plantations have been held up as a model of sustainable forestry management, where other plantations around the world are considered to have had negative environmental and social impacts.OrganisationResearch Center for Forest Ecology and Environment, Vietnam
RCFEE is a specialized independent research organization under Forest Science Institute of Vietnam (FSIV).DocumentTowards wellbeing in forest communities: a sourcebook for local government
Center for International Forestry Research, 2008Local 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.Pages