Enhancing Livelihoods and Markets

Stabilizing and Rebuilding Myanmar’s Working Forests: Multiple Stakeholders and Multiple Choices- Summary Document

May 2018
Myanmar is one of the most biologically diverse and ecologically productive nations on Earth. Its forests support the livelihoods of more than 36 million...
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Appropriate small-scale forest harvesting technologies for Southeast Asia: agricultural tractors

December 2015
Agricultural tractors with attached winches, grapple tongues and log trailers with cranes are the key machines for small-scale forestry work in developed...
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Đánh giá chi phí cơ hội và chi phí thực hiện cấp chứng chỉ rừng cho các dịch vụ từ hệ sinh thái ở Việt Nam

December 2015
Báo cáo này là kết quả của dự án Chứng chỉ rừng cho các dịch vụ sinh thái (ForCES) - do SNV (Tổ chức Phát triển Hà Lan) thực hiện tại xã Vĩnh Tú, Quảng Trị và...
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Assessing opportunity and implementation cost of forest certification for ecosystem services in Viet Nam

December 2015
This report is an output of the Forest Certification for Ecosystem Services (ForCES) project. The ForCES project is implemented by the SNV Netherlands...
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Effective forest and farm producer organizations

September 2015
There is a growing consensus that producer organizations are critically important for the sustainable use of natural resources. Representing the collective...
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Democratising forest business: a compendium of successful locally controlled forest business organizations

September 2015
Forests worldwide are home to approximately 1.3 billion people and must cater to the multiple needs of people - from providing local goods and services (access...
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Fundamentals of viable community forestry business models

September 2014
Preliminary research findings based on two cases in Lao PDR and Thailand are shared in this working paper.
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Enhancing livelihoods and markets training paves the way for better cooperation between government and community stakeholders
On 7-11 July, 2014, RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests’ Myanmar Country Program and Myanmar Environment Rehabilitation-conservation Network (MERN) co-...
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Oil Palm Expansion in South East Asia: Trends and implications for local communities and indigenous peoples

November 2011
New study by Forest Peoples Programme in collaboration with RECOFTC, SawitWatch, and The Samdhana Institute with support by Rights and Resources Institute,...
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People, Forests, and Human Well-being: Managing Forests for People in a Period of Rapid Change

April 2008
Is it possible to combine sustainable forest management and human well-being? The 2008 Asia-Pacific Forestry Week's social session explored this question, and...
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