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17 June, 2013TBI Ghana supports the revision of the Adwenase Forest Management Plan
The Adwenase Forest Management Plan has received a massive facelift following its revision by the kind courtesy of the EU Chainsaw Milling project implemented by Tropenbos International Ghana and partners. The plan, first drafted in 1995 by the Resource Management Support Centre (RMSC) of the Forestry Commission and the Assin-Akropong community, was revised to keep step with current forest management practices.
17 June, 2013Chainsaw operators gear up for tree plantation establishment
Converted chainsaw operators are warming up to establish forest plantations as an alternative livelihood to illegal chainsaw milling. This is because in April 2013, the EU Chainsaw Milling project implemented by Tropenbos International Ghana and partners provided the requisite starter kits to four chainsaw-dependent communities. The kits comprise seeds of commercial tree species for nursery establishment, protective clothing and requisite implements and materials for plantation development.
17 June, 2013Mills offer hope for legal lumber supply
The communities of Sankore and Brewaniase in Ghana, have received artisanal mills donated by the Timber Industry Development Division (TIDD) of the Forestry Commission under the EU Chainsaw project implemented by Tropenbos International Ghana and partners. The mills will be used by the communities to process raw materials acquired from legal sources through a partnership arrangement between chainsaw-dependent communities and forest concession holders.
Video Gallery
Launch of the Book: Sustainable Management of Tropical Rainforests: The CELOS Management System
Video on the launch of the book "Sustainable Management of Tropical Rainforests: The CELOS Management System" held on the 20th January 2012 in Paramaribo, Suriname.
52 Semanas - 52 Weeks
52 Weeks shows the seasonal changes that the Amazon River suffers in its passage through the Colombian territory. The phenomenon known as 'flooding pulse' shows how the levels of the water present variations of almost 12 meters between the high water and the low water seasons. DIRECTOR Mauricio Salcedo; CAMERA Mauricio Salcedo
Language: Spanish with english subtitles
Chainsaw milling in guyana
Language: English
CELOS Proefperken: Een Noodzakelijk Goed Part 1
A documentary about the need to maintain the CELOS permanent plots in Surinam and the application of the CELOS Management System. Awareness must be created.
Language: Dutch
CELOS Proefperken: Een Noodzakelijk Goed Part 2
Language: Dutch
CELOS Proefperken: Een Noodzakelijk Goed Part 3
A documentary about the need to maintain the CELOS permanent plots in Surinam and the application of the CELOS Management System. Awareness must be created.
Language: Dutch
Biodiversiteit Spot 1 - Suriname
Dutch Language
Biodiversiteit Spot 2 - Suriname
Dutch Language
Biodiversiteit Spot 3 - Suriname
Dutch Language
Biodiversiteit Spot 4 - Suriname
Series of videos produced by the Royal Dutch Embassy and Tropenbos International Suriname.
Dutch Language
Forests for People 1: An Introduction to Community Forestry
This video provides an overview of community forestry - what it is, the process and challenges involved in implementing it, and the different benefits it can provide in terms of improving livelihoods, reducing poverty and protecting forests.
Produced for Forests Monitor and Tropenbos International by Earthsight.
Financed by DFID and Tropenbos International
Forests for People 2: The Economics of Community Forestry
This video looks at the options and challenges regarding how community forests can be used, including for sustaining livelihoods, producing and selling timber or non-timber forest products, and obtaining payments for the services which forests provide.
Produced for Forests Monitor and Tropenbos International by Earthsight.
Financed by DFID and Tropenbos International
Forests for People 3: Creating and Managing Community Forests
This video looks in more detail at the options and challenges involved in setting up community forests - creating decision making structures, distributing benefits, avoiding conflicts and obtaining the necessary support.
Produced for Forests Monitor and Tropenbos International by Earthsight.
Financed by DFID and Tropenbos International
Araracuara - The encounter of biological and cultural Diversity
Video co-produced by TBI Colombia programme and the Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resource Research Institute.
Language: English
Camera and photography: Mauricio "Pato" Salcedo