Kyrgyz Republic

Knowledge | Forests and Rural Livelihood in the Kyrgyz Republic - Development Potentials

The reports' findings should help inform implementation of government and donor interventions to improve forest management, with a focus on the relationships between State Forest Enterprises inherited from the Soviet era (lezkozes) and local villagers in harvesting timber and NTFPs. In particular, the formulation of specific recommendations for overcoming policy and value chain problems should help increase the benefits that communities derive from forests and their products.