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New publication: Towards national financing strategies for sustainable forest management in Latin America

Overview of the present situation and the experience in selected countries. English version
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Chainsaw milling in Ghana: An overview of the issues

This overview, largely based on a case study of chainsaw milling in Ghana, was produced within the framework of the 2007-2012 project "Developing alternatives for illegal chainsaw milling in Ghana and Guyana through multi-stakeholder dialogue." It examines the evolution of the policy, legal and institutional framework of the chainsaw enterprise, and provides insight into the social, political, legal and economic factors that drive it . Read more........

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FINANCING MECHANISMS

¨When forests do not have a high enough financial value or an opportunity cost satisfactory to producers, they tend to disappear¨.

This is the point of departure of a recently published synthesis study on the status, experiences and perspectives of forest financing in Latin America. The study emphasizes that one of the main challenges facing countries in their efforts to reduce forest degradation and deforestation is the need to make good forest management more commercially competitive and make forests themselves more economically attractive. Promotion of investment in management and in payment for the goods and services produced by forests, and also ensuring that total earnings are a fair reflection of the real costs and benefits of their sustainable production is key.

Co-management in tropical forest areas

What is co-management?
Co-management (collaborative management) is loosely defined as ‘the sharing of power, responsibilities and benefits with respect to the management of natural resources (including their exploitation and conservation) among government and individual collective users'. Co-management strengthens the participation of the local populations in decision making. From the viewpoint of forest managers, co-management enhances local commitment to the management regime.