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Where the 400+ members are from - N.B. Forest Connect partner countries include Burkina Faso, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Lao PDR, Mozambique and Nepal

Blog Posts

Towards a business model for successful community forestry

Posted by Duncan Macqueen on 24 June 2009 at 11:24am

Ghana Forest Connect team launches ambitious new work plan

Posted by Duncan Macqueen on 24 June 2009 at 10:43am

New FSC case studies on successful small, low intensity and community forest operations that have been certified

Posted by Duncan Macqueen on 24 June 2009 at 10:27am

New FSC guidance on certification for small, low intensity and community forests

Posted by Duncan Macqueen on 24 June 2009 at 10:20am

Harapan Rainforest (Sumatra, Indonesia) is looking for a team leader

Posted by Ian Rowland on 9 June 2009 at 2:48pm

Useful reports

Roots of success - cultivating viable community forestry

Tenure Rights and Beyond: Community Access to Forest Resources in Latin America

Recognising and supporting indigenous & community conservation—ideas & experiences from the grassroots

Forestry and Poverty Data in Viet Nam

The role of informal institutions in the use of forest resources in Latin America

Tenure in REDD - Start point or afterthought?

Global review of rural community enterprises

Potential and challenges of payments for ecosystem services from tropical forests (Richards and Jenkins)

Can standards for voluntary carbon offsets ensure development benefits? (PEskett et al.)

Can payments for avoided deforestation to tackle climate change also benefit the poor? (Brown et al.)

Making Voluntary Carbon Markets Work for the Poor: The case of forestry offsets (Peskett et al.)

The implications of carbon financing for pro-poor community forestry (Luttrell et al.)

Seeing ‘REDD’?: Forests, climate change mitigation and the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities (Griffiths)

The hottest REDD issues: Rights, Equity, Development, Deforestation and Governance by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (Lovera)

Foundations for Effectiveness: A framework for ensuring effective climate change mitigation and adaptation in forest areas while ensuring human rights and development

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Welcome to the FOREST CONNECT networking site

Hello! Please use this site to share: news about Small and Medium Forest Enterprises (SMFEs) in your country, tools and tactics that have worked to improve the prospects for SMFEs, recent documents that others might find useful, and upcoming jobs, meetings or training events.

Please do upload photos (especially a profile photo so we can see you) but keep the main photos for small forest enterprise work (no personal or institutional adverts please).

There is a library of useful reports and manuals bottom left that you can access by clicking on the 'more' button at the bottom of that box. If you have any comments or queries please do contact Duncan Macqueen.

Forum or Blogs - which should you use?

Please use the Forum when you want to start a discussion (simply click the '+Start Discussion' link at the bottom of the Forum box). Please ensure that it concerns SMFEs.

Please use the Blogs when you want to announce a new report, tool, job or training opportunity or just want to share your thoughts (simply click the '+ Add a Blog Post' link at the bottom of the Blog Posts box). Blogs allow you to upload a file and preview your message before you post it.

Both options allow other members to comment. If you want to upload a document to the background database of useful reports or useful links - please send it to duncan.macqueen@iied.org.

Forum

Documentaries on social communication for sustainable innovations and development in India

Documentaries on social communication plays a significant role to propagate the message of sustainable innovations which leads to sustainable development. Potka Developmental Block consisting of 2...

Tagged: sustainable innovations, ramgarh, jharkhand, west bengal, puruliya

Started by SUSANTA BISWAS 27 May

Membership-based farmers' organisations working with forest products 6 Replies

This is a request for information on farmers' organisations in the South whose members are involved in forest products (timber and NTFPs) to diversify their income. I am working with Agriterra, an ...

Started by Jeannette van Rijsoort. Last reply by untung karnanto 26 May.

Promoting Carbon financing: will this really create climatic changes mitigation and community benefits? 2 Replies

Reducing emmission from Deforestation is picking up as a global discussion especially for the potential developing countries. But again they are ranking high in poor forest governances. I think gov...

Started by isaac. Last reply by isaac 14 May.

SUSTAINING OUR FORESTS AND RESOUCES: WHICH WAY 2 Replies

Our forests and the Ecosystem are depleting at an alarming and worrying rate. How do we ensure that forest people reduce the exploitation of forest resources. Have fared well over the years. In Gh...

Tagged: Utilisation, Forest, Sustainable

Started by AWAL AHMED. Last reply by AWAL AHMED 14 May.