Over the last few months” REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) has quickly emerged as one of the most prominent mechanisms under consideration for…
On Wednesday” February 6 BBC news hosted a live radio broadcast posing the questions: “Is land ownership the root of Africa's problems? Should governments bring…
A new report launched in Monrovia today” proposes formalizing customary Liberian land ownership by registering it as private property. This would signal the launch of…
A recent publication by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) addresses the potential impact on forest communities…
Although they defend their overall policy toward forestry and development in the Congo” the World Bank recently admitted certain ommissions in forestry reforms that would…
In films recently released in Jakarta and London” Indonesian villagersin Papua helped expose illegal logging and forest devastation by usingdigital and video cameras to record…
On November 21st the Thai National Legislative Assembly passed a community forestry bill that grants legal rights to forest communities to preserve and manage forest…
From November 11 – 14 in Akosombo” Ghana” 40 diverse stakeholders gathered to discuss natural resource management” decentralization and development issues in Ghanaian forestry. Participants…
An international team of scientists” including experts from Singapore” has proven for the first time that deforestation increases the risk of flood disasters” which kill…
An article published in the Hindu highlights the necessity to balance conservation and livelihoods concerns” so as not to alienate the communities who inhabit the…
Vietnam – June 13th 2007 – A four-day international conference beganyesterday in Ha Noi to explore the role of non-timber forest product(NTFP) in poverty alleviation…
China Daily published the following article today” highlighting theresponsibility of Western markets in the loss of forest cover intropical areas. “Western consumption 'causes forest shrinkage'…
The following article” found on amazonia.org” sums up topics discussed at a seminar on Peoples of the Forest in the Amazon. The main innovation is…
Yaounde” Cameroon – Government officials” researchers” and civil society leaders from West and Central Africa convened today in Yaounde to share experiences and assess the…
Mumbai” India” is struggling to prevent its growing population of 17million from infringing on the world's largest urban forest. Thisthreatens the biodiversity of the forest…
In the last week a controversy has emerged in Uganda over the governmental project to turn over part of the Mabira Central Reserve Forest to…
ADDIS ABABA” March 20 – Participatory forest management is proving a viable approach in the protection and maintenance of the environment in a country that…
ETFRN News: Forests and the Millennium Development Goals The Winter 2006-07 Issue of ETFRN News (No. 47-48) focuses on the role of forests in achieving…
War in the Heart of India: an enquiry into the ground situation in Dantewara District” Chhattisgarh A six member team of independent citizens from Delhi”…
In the midst of the forest” it tops the charts in violence: Not eventhe Mayor has secure land tenure in Colniza (MT)” one of the…
This month” the UNFF Secretariat Online Forum is hosting a discussionon the benefits and challenges associated with community-based forestmanagement. The guest contributor for this discussion…
March 12-17 2007″ RRI is hosting a series of meetings in Yaounde” Cameroon. Meetings will advance the work of the Alternative Tenure and Business Model…
In Niger” Trees and Crops Turn Back the Desert February 11″ 2007 Lydia Polgreen New York Times Guidan Bakoye” Niger — In this dust-choked region”…
On December 11th and 12th 2006″ Andy White presented at the US Forest Service Dialogue on Issues and Challenges for US forests and the US…