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16 May, 2012MSD Platform Successfully Established in Two New Districts
The EU chainsaw milling project has expanded its multi-stakeholder dialogue (MSD) platform to two new forest districts: Tarkwa and Nkwanta.
15 May, 2012TBI Viet Nam holds a successful final phase two workshop
TBI Viet Nam held its final workshop of phase two on April 17th, 2012 in Hue, Viet Nam. The overall objective of the workshop was to evaluate the obtained results compiled by TBI Viet Nam, and to introduce the programme’s orientation thru 2016.
15 May, 2012Workshop to assess the policy and practice of Forest Land Allocation held in Ha Noi
On April 10th, 2012, TBI Viet Nam, with support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), conducted a workshop in Ha Noi entitled, “Forestry Land Allocation: Policy and Practice.” The event was held in cooperation with the Department of Science, Technology and Environment (under MARD) and the Institute of Forest Planning and Inventory (FIPI).
Artisanal logging in DR Congo
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Artisanal logging – small scale logging and processing of tree using chainsaws - is widely practiced in the Oriental province. The organization of logging, transportation and trade is highly variable, as is the destination of the lumber.
Most of the timber is harvested from forest areas owned by the rural population by customary law but it is unclear what economic benefit actually reaches the rural population. Whereas industrial enterprises are obliged to sign a social- responsibility-agreement with the communities on whose land they log, this kind of regulations do not exist for those using small scale logging permits as the artisanal loggers. The research will be carried out in 50 communities distributed in three districts in Oriental Province.
Objective
Identify all direct and indirect economic benefits the rural population derives from artisanal logging activities to estimate the effect on local economies.
Duration
2010 - 2011
Objective
Duration
2010 - 2011
