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04 September 2015 Ghana
Private tree growers in Ghana have expressed concern about the unfair prices of trees, difficulties in securing high quality seeds for nursery and tree plantation establishment as well as the lack of technical training and extension services for tree growers by the Forest Services Department (FSD) of the Forestry Commission (FC).
04 September 2015 Ghana
The lack of awareness about tree prices as well as the value of the various tree species, especially the Lesser Used Species (LUS) among private plantation developers makes them gullible to exploitation by buyers and consumers who pay them far below the real value of their trees.
24 August 2015 the Netherlands
A new book brings together 30 articles, highlighting examples from more than 30 countries, showing that well-organized groups hold the key to a more sustainable and equitable world.
20 August 2015 the Netherlands
Global challenges related to poverty, food security, environmental degradation and climate change converge in the rural areas of the tropics. Here is where competition for land and resources is high, poverty and environmental degradation are persistent, and climate change is directly threatening people’s livelihoods.
19 August 2015 Indonesia
Ideas for community based forest management (CBFM) have emerged since the 1970s, but movements to support it in Indonesia, mainly by NGOs, began in 1995. After a long journey of struggle to convince various parties, finally the ideas have fallen in fertile soil under the current government.
07 August 2015 Colombia
We document local knowledge, cultivate orchids, embroider our biodiversity and take care of our community’s health.