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  • Knowledge | Defining Forest Governance Indicators

    04.12.12

    After field-testing in Uganda, Burkina Faso, Kenya and Russia, a simple and actionable forest governance diagnostic tool is taking shape. This tool could help benchmark and pinpoint areas requiring reform.

  • Knowledge | Assessing Forest Governance in Burkina Faso

    04.10.12

    This PROFOR-financed activity aims to apply a forest governance diagnostic tool to construct a baseline assessment of the forest governance situation in Burkina Faso and to pinpoint the areas requiring highest priority reforms. A forest governance reform strategy for the country will then be formulated on the basis of the diagnostics.

  • Knowledge | South-South Learning: From Payments for Environmental Services to REDD+ in Latin America

    03.22.12

    The 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.

  • Field Notes | Testing a forest governance diagnostic tool in Russia

    03.21.12

    Over the last two years, PROFOR, the FAO and others have worked to build a common framework for diagnosis, monitoring and assessment of the state of forest governance in various countries. That diagnostic tool is currently being tested in four regions in the Russian Federation. Read the feedback received so far.

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

    01.25.12

    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.

  • Knowledge | National Timber Yield Tables for Mahogany

    01.17.12

    Accurate 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.

  • Field Notes | Simple and effective, VERITAS calculator could complement FLEG-Trade work

    01.17.12

    PROFOR has uploaded a new tool on its website which should be of interest to a variety of exporters, wood associations and specialists: the VERITAS Timber Volume Calculator. This product could potentially be used globally by forest stakeholders to complement verification of timber legality and chain of custody initiatives  -- by helping to identify red flags or anomalies in timber flow data and accounts.

  • News & Events | Dry Forests Symposium

    12.13.11

    This one-day symposium provided a global platform for representatives from the research and development sector to openly discuss the challenges and opportunities faced in the sustainable use of dry forests, within broader agricultural landscapes.

  • Field Notes | Wangari Maathai Tribute Film

    12.13.11

    To commemorate and honor the life of Professor Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Laureate who died earlier this year, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) opened Forest Day 5 with a short and moving video about her work.

  • Knowledge | Mobilizing Private Investment in Trees and Landscape Restoration in Africa

    11.16.11

    Despite the very considerable body of on-farm experience which has been gained in testing agroforestry and other tree-based technologies for their impact on increasing productivity and on rural income generation, investment in agroforestry, tree planting and landscape restoration has been lagging. This activity aimed to shed light on potential private investment opportunities and identify policy, regulatory and institutional constraints that could be lifted to help tap this potential.  
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