Kenniskring: REDD-plus and FLEGT applied at the global, national and local levels
“Do Global Intentions lead to Local Improvements? – The Forestry Case”
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09 February, 2012Promoting legal timber trade for sustainable forest management in Ghana
The domestic timber market in Ghana is large (2.5 million m3) and will expand significantly as Ghana’s population is predicted to double by 2030 to almost 50 million. More than 700,000 livelihoods depend on this trade. Non-regulation of the domestic timber market will lead to forest degradation, loss of environmental services and rural and urban poverty, as well as jeopardizing the legal international timber trade.
20 January, 2012The CELOS Management System: a contribution to improved forest management
The CELOS Management System (CMS) is a system for harvesting tropical rainforests which aims to cause minimal disturbance to the ecosystem while also providing economic return. CMS was developed by the Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname (CELOS) and the Agricultural University of Wageningen (The Netherlands; nowadays WUR). Starting in the 1960/70s, it was originally developed for Suriname, but has gained international recognition.
18 January, 2012Food security and energy development in Viet Nam
The economic structure of Vietnam has drastically shifted since the mid 1980's from an agriculture based system to one that is multi-based.
Sustainable trade for domestic and international markets
The promotion of the legal and sustainable production and international trade in timber has been at the centre of international forest policies for a long time. However, the larger volume of wood is consumed locally. Much of the domestic timber market in tropical countries is supplied by small-scale loggers and small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs). The small scale but wide extent of their operations, their informal organization and the large number of actors involved challenge the monitoring and control capacities of governments.
Addressing the dilemmas of sustainable timber production and trade requires effective and broadly accepted approaches that deal with the adverse impacts of small scale and informal logging, while sustaining and possibly increasing their socioeconomic benefits. Relevant information and informed dialogue between stakeholders, including the informal ones, have a large role to play in considering options for domestic timber market policies and managing their consequences.
Towards timber trade that sustains livelihoods and forests
TBI aims to contribute to providing the foundations for smart regulatory and market action that brings the large but poorly regulated domestic trade under regimes that increase sustainability, reduce conflict and satisfy rural livelihood needs.
TBI’s work focuses on understanding the extent, drivers, and impacts of small scale domestic timber trade and on the social and environmental impacts of implementing VPAs, REDD+ and certification activities. We support evidence-based multi-stakeholder dialogue about these topics. In particular, we are interested in
- The social and economic impacts of small scale logging (such as chainsaw milling) and processing enterprises.
- Governance and regulation of domestic timber markets in the context of FLEGT VPAs and REDD+.
- The social and environmental effectiveness of forest certification schemes.
Analysis of Natural Resources Management in Oriental Province, DR Congo
A majority of the population of Oriental province depend on natural resources for their survival. Food, medicine, construction material and energy are all extracted from the forest. Alternative livelihoods are scarce, infrastructure and basic services such as education, health care, electricity and public transportation are practically non existent.
The functioning of the local wood market
Cameroon’s current roundwood production equals about 4 million m3 of which half is produced by industrial operators (formal sector) and the other half by small-scale operators, mainly operating without permits (informal sector), supplying principally the local market with cheap lumber. The Programme for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources - South West Region (PSMNR-SWR) is looking for options how to supply the domestic market with legal timber. The Limbe timber market was monitored for a period of more than a year which showed volumes and species sold and potential supply zones in the region. The supply of chainsawn timber from the agricultural landscape has been studied by IITA around Yaoundé by making farm tree inventories and characterizing the different land uses combined with household interviews. Similar studies are conducted in South West Region.
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09 February, 2012Promoting legal timber trade for sustainable forest management in Ghana
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20 January, 2012The CELOS Management System: a contribution to improved forest management
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09 January, 2012How Viet Nam is prepared to meet legal requirements of timber export markets
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