Diji Chandrasekharan Behr, a Natural Resource Economist at PROFOR, sent in this blog from the UNFF-10 Conference in Istanbul.
At the ongoing UNFF 10 meetings in Istanbul, discussions have focused on how to finance sustainable forest management. While the UNFF 10 discussions are at an international level, the questions asked are similar to the ones posed by small forest holders and communities: How to obtain financing for sustainable management of their community forest, forest farms or woodlot?
Locally controlled forestry presents a real opportunity for reducing poverty and sharing...
