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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.
The financial management of rural and indigenous agroforestry organizations: Experiences and Lessons from Central America
General - 2012
Language: Spanish
The consolidation of economic and financial models for community forestry and agroforestry at regional and global level is a major challenge for poverty reduction and increasing the social and environmental well-being of societies in Central America.
The “Asociación Coordinadora Indígena y Campesina de Agroforesteria Comunitaria” (ACICAFOC), supported by the NFP facilty and Tropenbos International, studied between late 2010 and 2011 through a collaborative and interactive process with 17 member organizations of ACICAFOC, the financial management of indigenous and peasant organizations in Central America, with a special emphasis in forestry. The results of these studies are presented in this document.
El manejo financiero de organizaciones agro-forestales campesinas e indígenas: Experiencias y lecciones de Centro América
La consolidación económica y financiera de los modelos de Foresteria y Agroforesteria Comunitaria a nivel regional y mundial es un gran desafío para la reducción de la pobreza y el incremento del bienestar social y ambiental de las sociedades centroamericanas.
La Asociación Coordinadora Indígena y Campesina de Agroforesteria Comunitaria (ACICAFOC), apoyada por el NFP Facility y Tropenbos Internacional, estudió entre fines del 2010 y el 2011 mediante un proceso colaborativo e interactivo con 17 organizaciones miembros de ACICAFOC, el manejo financiero de organizaciones campesinas e indígenas en los países centroamericanos, con especial énfasis en la actividad forestal. Los resultados de estos estudios se presentan en este documento.