Story | 27 Mar, 2008
Story | 27 Mar, 2008
Story | 27 Mar, 2008
Story | 27 Mar, 2008
Story | 27 Mar, 2008
Story | 25 Mar, 2008
The Role of Non-Timber Forest Products in Poverty Alleviation and Biodiversity Conservation
The international conference entitled “The Role of Non-Timber Forest Products in Poverty Alleviation and Biodiversity Conservation” was organised in Viet Nam in June 2007.
Press release | 25 Mar, 2008
Launch of reform agenda in Liberia
A new report, launched in Monrovia today, proposes formalizing customary Liberian land ownership by registering it as private property. This would signal the launch of a reform agenda that would restore the forest land rights of the overwhelming majority of Liberia’s rural populations; made up…
Story | 09 Mar, 2008
During November and December of 2007, a survey of public attitudes and preferences on international ecosystem services was carried out in Geneva, Switzerland. This report provides some preliminary results of consumers' willingness to pay for the conservation of tropical forests.
Press release | 07 Mar, 2008
Efforts to Strengthen Local Rights to Own and Use Forests and Fight Rural Poverty
Stating that the ambitious global effort to radically reduce poverty will fail unless it focuses on the 1.6 billion people who rely on forests for their livelihoods, a coalition of organizations has launched an international initiative advocating for stronger community rights to own and use…