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Climate change and resource conflict
Landscape management
 
News Story
16 October 2020
Community Forestry 101 – E-learning course

A free e-learning course on community-led forest management for sustainable development and climate change solutions that leave no one behind

Rural transformation
Trade and production
 
News Story
17 August 2018
Forest and Farm Facility entered its second phase. What is the set-up?

The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) was launched in 2012 with the goal to strengthen international support to forest and farm producer organizations. Now, FFF is ready to scale up.

Gender and equality
Health and nutrition
 
News Story
15 May 2017
Are women better at taking care of forests than men?

Research suggests that the way people use and manage forests is largely shaped by gender norms and relations. But how exactly? Linley Chiwona-Karltun, researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, and Ngolia Kimanzu, advisor at Salvation Army, share insights from their ongoing research about the role of gender in the use of forest resources.

Landscape management
 
Publication
10 May 2017
Farming + Forests = Food security: Integrated landscapes offer hope of sustainability in Asian uplands

Forests have, historically, had a very important role in food security in upland areas of South and Southeast Asia – both as sources of wild food and as sites for grazing, planting food trees...

Climate change and resource conflict
Landscape management
Forests, Landscapes and Food Security
 
News Story
16 September 2016
What is key to building partnerships with forest communities?

Indigenous and local communities, particularly in forest areas, are increasingly affected by environmental degradation and deforestation, which is often the result of unsustainable land use and global demand for commodities and mineral resources.

Climate change and resource conflict
Landscape management
Forests, Landscapes and Food Security
 
Publication
16 September 2016
Building Partnerships with Forest Communities

Indigenous and local communities, particularly in forest areas, are increasingly affected by environmental degradation and deforestation, which is often the result of unsustainable land use and...

Climate change and resource conflict
Landscape management
Forests, Landscapes and Food Security
 
Event
2 September 2015
Building partnerships with forest communities

Find the call for abstract here.

Climate change and resource conflict
Landscape management
Forests, Landscapes and Food Security
 
News Story
26 November 2014
What role does securing forest and community land rights play in development?

The subject of land tenure rights is raised in many discussions about agricultural development and often within the broader development discourse. The growing demand for productive, agricultural land from all sectors only serves to heat up the debate.

Rural transformation
Forests, Landscapes and Food Security
 
Slides
22 September 2014
Priorities and Strategic Initiatives for Securing Forest and Community Land Rights by Arvind Khare

Presented as part of the Seminar on Securing Forest and Community Land Rights - Challenges, Trends and Ways Forward. The seminar focused on forests and other off-farm areas that constitute vital...

Landscape management
Rural transformation
Forests, Landscapes and Food Security
 
Slides
22 September 2014
The role of community forests and community lands in achieving the global development goals by David Bray

Presented as part of the Seminar on Securing Forest and Community Land Rights - Challenges, Trends and Ways Forward. The seminar focused on forests and other off-farm areas that constitute...