capacity building
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Knowledge | Establishing a Network of Controlled Delivery Units for Forest Law Enforcement
01.18.12To develop a forest law enforcement community of practice able to conduct international controlled delivery operations that would help bring timber and wildlife smugglers to justice. and reduce international trade and trafficking in illicit forest products.
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Knowledge | National Timber Yield Tables for Mahogany
01.17.12Accurate conversion factors for standing timber and export grade sawn wood are crucial for the effective implementation of the CITES convention. With technical assistance from Intercooperation and PROFOR's FLEG team, Guatemala has developed national yield tables and volumetric conversion factors for mahogany.
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Knowledge | South-South Learning: From Payments for Environmental Services to REDD+ in Latin America
12.19.11The experience of payments for environmental services (PES) systems set up in Costa Rica, Mexico, and Ecuador in the last decade provides valuable insights for shaping REDD+ strategies in participating countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region. Between them, these programs are currently helping to conserve over 3 million hectares of forests. Their experience shows how to make PES work, but also -- problems to avoid.
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Knowledge | Auditing Timber Supply to the Forest Industry in Guatemala
11.09.11This activity, completed in June 2010, produced analysis, recommendations and programs that are helping INAB and supporting the Guatemalan government's efforts to combat illegal activities in the forest sector. Read the technical manual and a report on the pilot program to verify timber supply -- in Spanish -- on this page.
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Knowledge | Forest Connect: Supporting Small and Medium Forest Enterprises (toolkit)
05.11.11Small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs) are the norm in most developing countries. They often represent 80-90% of all forest enterprises and more than 50% of formal forest jobs -- plus many more of an informal and seasonal nature. They accrue wealth locally, empower local entrepreneurship, strengthen social networks and engender local social and environmental accountability. But in least developed countries, structures that connect with and support SMFEs and their associations are weak.
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Knowledge | Poverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit
08.01.10An estimated 1.2 billion people rely on forests for some part of their livelihoods. However, the importance of forests is often overlooked in national development processes such as poverty reduction strategies due to inadequate evidence documenting how forests sustain the poor. To build better knowledge on this critical relationship, PROFOR developed a “Poverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit” to facilitate relevant data collection and analysis.
