If a scheme to pay developing countries to reduce carbon emissions by slowing deforestation is to have legitimacy, land tenure needs not just to be clarified – but to be clarified in a way that respects the rights of local communities, according to e…
In June 2012, one of the most important environmental gatherings in a generation took take place in Brazil — Rio+20. This video shows a discussion on the implications of current forestry research by a panel which was part of the ‘Forests: T…
This report discusses the political, economic and social opportunities and constraints that will influence the design and implementation of REDD+ in Vietnam.
Under what conditions does REDD+ present a threat or opportunity for local land/forest tenure rights? Based on the evidence collected to date from field studies as part of CIFOR’s Global Comparative Study on REDD+, local tenure rights are being taken…
In the forests of Central Africa an “informal economy” in illegal logging and bushmeat trade provides employment, livelihoods and food for hundreds of thousands of people. Scientists decided to look more closely at this ‘invisible’ info…
