Engaging local communities in a learning process and building capacity for future negotiation processes.
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Forests News
02 Aug 2012
Commericalization of nuts, mushrooms could hurt health of forest dwellers
Quirks of the market mean forest communities trade wild foods for little more than processed sugars.
10 Nov 2011
Cooperation, education and enforcement key to Cross River gorilla survival
BOGOR, Indonesia (9 November, 2011)_Efforts to save the Cross River gorilla, Africa’s most endangered ape, received renewed hope after the United Nations (UN) recently approved $4 million to help Nigeria further promote conservation and sustainable forest management.
29 Jun 2011
Community connections may play a vital role in influencing REDD policy
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (29 June, 2011)_Understanding the complex and overlapping forest-based relationships that exist within the isolated communities of Indonesia, Vietnam and Laos may shed new light on how these groups can influence national level decisions over REDD+, a new CIFOR study anticipates.