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Betty Hu Introductory post: bamboo blinds

Hi everyone, I just joined this community and want to introduce myself. I am from Cambodia and my family runs a bamboo business. We don't grow the bamboos ourselves but rather we do the manufacturing and processing of bamboo products. I have a blog about bamboo blinds to teach people how to buy and take care of their blinds. I also recently started one that shares tips on bamboo beaded… Continue

Added by Betty Hu on November 3, 2009 at 3:25am — No Comments

Peter McAteer Dreamaid - The Web 2.0 Online Market Place for Artisans Wants Projects!

We are a UK based socio-economic business and UK registered Dreamaid Charity on www.dreamaid.com In a breakthrough in business thinking we are creating a feel good market place in which buyers and sellers share a vison of a better world. A particularly exciting part of our strategy is linking environmentally friendly forestry to artisan sales. Did you know that 40% of the world's carbon problems are due to deforestration? Did you know that if we create pro… Continue

Added by Peter McAteer on October 21, 2009 at 5:05pm — No Comments

John Akinnuba PROMOTING COMMUNAL FORESTRY BY JOHN AKINNUBA

INTRODUCTION Forestry, during the 19th century and early part of 20th century got high priority rating and royal support. The forests both the British and Nigerian in many ways. The major consumable products are wood for construction and paper products, fish, wildlife and forage. While the services included building and protection of soil; safeguarding watershed, farm crops animals, cooling and filtering air and provision of innumerable opportunities if diverse characters. Unfortunately forest… Continue

Added by John Akinnuba on October 10, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Diane Jukofsky On Java forest communities have FSC/Rainforest Alliance certification, are turning a profit

On Java, Indonesia's most densely populated island, forest communities have learned to make the most of their limited resources. For the 550 members of the KOSTAJASA cooperative this has meant using their small tracts of land to grow and harvest mahogany, teak and other tree species, to cultivate crops such as cloves, cassava, tobacco and corn and to raise livestock. Cooperative members say that the ancestors of these family farmers deliberately planted mahogany for the benefit of their grandch… Continue

Added by Diane Jukofsky on October 1, 2009 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

Tony Hill TREE AID West Africa Office looking to recruit Enterprise Support Manager

TREE AID is looking to recruit an Enterprise Support Manager to work closely with rural producer groups in West Africa to help them maximise the commercial potential of tree products. We need someone who can; - Work with local partner organisations to deliver efficient and effective enterprise support to rural producer groups in Ghana, Mali and Burkina Faso, - Develop information services and support networks for small and medium forest enterprises at national and sub-regional level, - Shape… Continue

Added by Tony Hill on September 28, 2009 at 1:12pm — No Comments

Ram Hari Subedi My New Job- Biodiesel Production

Hello friends, I am sorry for keeping silence for long time. There was a turning point in my professional career in the beginning of this year, I left ANSAB in May 09 and created my own enterprise; Everest Biodiesel Company". partnering with like minded people. We plan to produce Biodiesel utilizing " Jatropha curcus" within 3 yrs. Currently we are collecting seeds and doing nursery to produce high yielding Jatropha saplings. We plan to lease out 1000 hectare of unproductive/unused government l… Continue

Added by Ram Hari Subedi on September 17, 2009 at 9:56am — 4 Comments

C.T.Ramesh jatropha report

JATROPHA PLANTATION – SCOPE AND POTENTIAL UNDER JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT By Ashwani Kumar, IFS, CCF (Research) and Dr. R.J.Srivastava, Forest Influences Officer Forest Research Institute, Kanpur Abstract One of the main crops currently being promoted for bio-diesel production globally is Jatropha curcas. There have been substantial political and social pressures to promote the growing of Tree Borne Oil Seeds (TBO’s) (in particular Jatropha curcas) in India, as a means of economic empowerment, soc… Continue

Added by C.T.Ramesh on September 13, 2009 at 11:54am — 1 Comment

Sophie Grouwels Policy Note Charcoal value chain in Tanzania

PolicyNote_Charcoal_TZ_08-09.pdf Find attached a recently published Policy Note analyzing the charcoal value chain in Tanzania. This analytical work was recently launched by the World Bank as a joint product of the Africa Region and the Environment Department. In Tanzania - as in many other Sub-Saharan African countries - charc… Continue

Added by Sophie Grouwels on August 25, 2009 at 9:48am — No Comments

Herman Savenije Publication Announcement: Towards national financing strategies for sustainable forest management in Latin America

Publication Announcement. Dijk, Kees van & Herman Savenije. 2009. Towards national financing strategies for sustainable forest management in Latin America: Overview of the present situation and the experience in selected countries. Forestry Policy and Institutions. Working Paper 21. FAO, Rome. This recently published study on the status, experiences and perspectives of forest financing in Latin America emphasizes that one of the main challenges facing countries in their efforts to r… Continue

Added by Herman Savenije on August 20, 2009 at 1:55pm — No Comments

Duncan Macqueen New draft TOOLKIT - a facilitation manual for supporters of small forest enterprises.

Toolkit framework draft 9.pdf Continue

Added by Duncan Macqueen on August 14, 2009 at 3:28pm — No Comments

Duncan Macqueen IIED job - Senior Researcher - Forests Team - Closes 21 September 2009

Senior Researcher Forests and CC 09-08-13.pdf Continue

Added by Duncan Macqueen on August 13, 2009 at 5:05pm — No Comments

babatunde in dealing of coal

well i need some subordinate in which we can collaborate together from orther country in other to deal coal. make the sale outsidde there and make our money and also some for the dealing of cola nut, and palm cannel. well i wish to meet alot of people just becuz i am new over here does not stop me from my own personal experience and also does not not me from making things happen on my own nevertheless do not think and dont be boardred about where i am from and a product of where i am.. but i exp… Continue

Added by babatunde on August 8, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Diane Jukofsky Community forestry + climate change in Honduras's Mosquitia

Maintenance of Mosquitia's forests is critical to the future of its communities and can also help slow climate change. The Rainforest Alliance is helping forestry cooperatives manage their lands sustainably and to develop their small forest enterprises through training in business planning and marketing. In addition to our forestry and agriculture work, we're planning a carbon conservation project that will provide funding to the Honduran government and the local communities in exchange for carb… Continue

Added by Diane Jukofsky on August 6, 2009 at 12:31am — No Comments

Duncan Macqueen Dialogue on 'Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry' - 22-25 August 2009 - Panama.

The Forest Dialogue is holding its first field dialogue on Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry. The dialogue will take place in Panama on August 22-25, 2009. For further information please contact: info@theforestsdialogue.org Continue

Added by Duncan Macqueen on August 4, 2009 at 4:55pm — No Comments

Kate Schreckenberg 'Conservation through use' of mesoamerican dry forest tree species

With some delay, Adrian Barrance, Jamie Gordon and I have just published a book reporting on a 4-year research project that examined the concept of ‘conservation through use’ using the conservation of tree species diversity in Mesoamerican tropical dry forest as a case study. It discusses the need to develop conservation strategies based both on a botanical determination of those species most in need of conservation and an understanding of the role these trees play in local livelihoods. The res… Continue

Added by Kate Schreckenberg on July 20, 2009 at 2:04pm — No Comments

Sophie Grouwels New website of Forest Connect Laos

Dear Forest Connect-ers, pls have a look at the new Forest Connect website of Laos on www.edclaos.com/lfc Continue

Added by Sophie Grouwels on July 15, 2009 at 11:26am — No Comments

Duncan Macqueen Web 2.0 tools and mobile phones for SMFE market information, banking and business support

PLA Notes 59 Chapter 4.pdfThe most recent edition of Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) Notes describes some of the new internet technologies that are transforming the way businesses, support programmes and civil society campaigns can operate. Check it out on http://www.planotes.org/pla_backissues/59.html. For a contributory article… Continue

Added by Duncan Macqueen on July 13, 2009 at 3:10pm — No Comments

Duncan Macqueen Towards a business model for successful community forestry

As members of the Forest Connect alliance share hands-on experience in supporting small forest enterprises some common ingredients for success have emerged that provide a framework or 'business model' to work with. While inevitably having to be flexible across different contexts, the following briefing note describes some of the features of this business model:… Continue

Added by Duncan Macqueen on June 24, 2009 at 11:24am — No Comments

Duncan Macqueen Ghana Forest Connect team launches ambitious new work plan

On 26-27th March 2009, the first workshop of Forest Connect Ghana gathered an impressive list of participants to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing SMFEs in Ghana. Based on a background diagnostic report (being edited for publication) the Forest Connect Ghana team, led by Tropenbos International Ghana, has now established a working group to push forward some important lines of activity that will help link SMFEs better to each other, to markets, to service providers and to decision-m… Continue

Added by Duncan Macqueen on June 24, 2009 at 10:43am — No Comments

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

Following a meeting in Lisbon, Portugal in 2008, the FSC has been working hard to make their certification system more accessible to SMFEs. One of the follow up activities was to document a series of case studies of successful small, low intensity and community forest operations that had achieved certification status. To see these examples, click on the links below:… Continue

Added by Duncan Macqueen on June 24, 2009 at 10:27am — No Comments

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