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…
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…
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…
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…
La Paz – Last week CIFOR held an international workshop on community forestry and promoting community forest management” from April 23 – 25 in Santa…
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”…
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…
During the 11th five year plan period (2006-2010) China will carryout two reforms in forestry sector: to perfect reform of forest zoningsystem and to fully…
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…
Forest conservation and poverty reduction” highlighted in the December 2005 IUCN/WWF Forest Conservation Newsletter: Savingsbanks” safety nets or poverty traps? What do forests and forestproducts…
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…