Community forestry bill passed in Thailand
Community forestry bill passed in Thailand

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…

Deforestation Credited for Malaria Resurgence in Peru
Deforestation Credited for Malaria Resurgence in Peru

The Guardian recently published an article highlighting several studies from last year that have linked malaria with deforestation” and have concluded that deforestation and climate…

Lao PDR: Government suspends land concessions
Lao PDR: Government suspends land concessions

The following is an excerpt from an article published in the Laotian newspaper Vientiane Times.  The PM said he had once seen a photo of…

Promoting community forest management in Bolivia
Promoting community forest management in Bolivia

La Paz – Last week CIFOR held an international workshop on community forestry and promoting community forest management” from April 23 – 25 in Santa…

Peru adopts new economic model for Amazonian timber industry
Peru adopts new economic model for Amazonian timber industry

JournalPeru.com – A future economic model handling the logging industry in Peru’s Amazon rainforest will unite exporting companies and native communities with new profit-sharing regulations”…

Unlocking opportunities for forest dependent people
Unlocking opportunities for forest dependent people

RRG led a series of state and national level workshops for the dissemination of a recently completed sector report” India: Unlocking Opportunities for Forest Dependent…

Logging” Legality and Livelihoods in Papua New Guinea
Logging” Legality and Livelihoods in Papua New Guinea

External reviews find most logging in Papua New Guinea illegal” unsustainable” and providing little benefit to the state and forest community. A new report on…

Cameroon's local forest management out on a limb
Cameroon's local forest management out on a limb

From CIFOR news” January 2006″ Number 40: Following many years of poor forest management under central government control” countries around the world are shifting forest…