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04 September 2018 Bolivia
In 2017, TBI’s partner Instituto Boliviano de investigación Forestal (IBIF) helped to strengthen the role played by the Central Indígena de Comunidades de Lomerío (CICOL) in natural resource management of Lomerío’s indigenous territory, which is home to more than 6,000 Chiquitano people.
04 September 2018 Ghana
In 2017, Tropenbos Ghana contributed to a revised policy framework released by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC).
04 September 2018 Indonesia
In 2017, Tropenbos Indonesia conducted training in participatory mapping (PM) and participatory conservation planning (PCP) in the villages of Laman Satong and Pangkalan Jihing. Both methods were enthusiastically embraced by the communities. They used PM to establish clear village boundaries. Consensus on boundaries will help to avoid encroachment on nearby national park areas and protection forests and will reduce conflicts between neighbouring communities. PCP was used to develop a database of land-use types — such as rubber, oil palm and other agro-commodities — and to identify the potential of various natural resources for creating more sustainable livelihoods.
04 September 2018 Viet Nam
On paper, land-use planning in Viet Nam stipulates that all relevant stakeholders must be consulted. At the rural commune level, however, this rarely happens. As a result, ethnic minorities and other marginalised groups are sidelined and lack the commitment to implement and abide by spatial and land-use plans.
04 September 2018 Indonesia
The Gunung Tarak Landscape in Ketapang District in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, consists of natural and production forests surrounded by oil palm plantations. Some of these plantations, as well as major roads constructed since the early 2000s, cut through the forest areas. This has had a major impact on the habitat of orangutan groups, especially the 2,500 orangutans living in the Sungai Putri production forest that have become completely cut off from the rest of the habitat.
04 September 2018 Suriname
Unspoilt rainforest covers nearly the entire area of Suriname. The forest offers opportunities to boost the national economy and raise people’s living standards, but only if it is used in a sustainable way. The country’s participation in the United Nations REDD+ programme offers opportunities to contribute to this sustainability.