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13 May, 2013Artisanal logging and legality verification in DRC: what are the options?
FSC certification is not the right instrument to improve forest governance in DR Congo at the moment. This was the conclusion of a network event organised by WWF and the Dutch Tropical Forest Association VTB the 23th of April at the WWF office in Zeist, the Netherlands.
23 April, 2013Frontrunners show the way how to make sustainable forestry business work
Sustainable forestry business is possible and examples of this abound, but to achieve sufficient credibility these business cases need to be scaled up . This was a major message emanating from the side event Good Business: Making Private Investment Work for Forests at the UNFF-10 on April 15 in Istanbul. The side event was jointly organized by World Bank/PROFOR, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für international Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Tropenbos International.
15 April, 2013Recovering the ancestral interpretation of the Amazon territory
Indigenous communities and territory come together as one, but the relationship implies a variety of visions and interpretations. From a traditional point of view, the territory is multidimensional: it considers not only the physical-geographical area or the political-administrative dimensions, but it also includes the shamanic, mythological and inter-ethnic aspects. These are some of the elements that TBI Colombia recovers in the publication Traditional cartography of the Yucuna-Matapí: The knowledge and management of the traditional territory.
General Board
TBI is governed by an international General Board composed of reputable Dutch and international experts drawn from the research, policy, business and development communities.
The General Board of Tropenbos International consists of maximal 17 members which are selected on their personal title, taking into account their specific expertise on tropical forests, policy or business. The current members of the Board are:
- Prof. dr. B.J.M. Arts*
Professor at the Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group at Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands - Prof.dr.ir. E.H. Bulte
Professor at the Development Economics Group at Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands - Dr. G. Gryseels
Director, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium - Dr. H. van den Hombergh
Senior Advisor, IUCN Netherlands Committee, the Netherlands - Prof. Dr. M.J. Kropff (Chair)*
Vice-voorzitter Raad van Bestuur/Rector Magnificus van de WUR. - Ms. C. Martínez
Executive Director of E3-Ecology, Colombia - Prof. M.J.A. Werger*
Emeritus Professor Plant Ecology & Biodiversity, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
* Member of the Executive Board