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Free, prior and informed consent in customary tenure recognition: Learning...
For almost a decade now, the Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG) project has been working to strengthen customary tenure policies and practices in...
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Expert group meeting on regional engagement
Ahead of the 20th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF20) scheduled for May 2025, an expert group meeting on strengthening the engagement of regional and subregional...
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National policy dialogue in Nepal examines role of community forests in...
From 19 to 20 December 2024, 100 participants came together in Kathmandu, Nepal to engage in dialogue about the role of community forests within changing...
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Building the foundations for collaborative forest landscape governance in...
From 20 to 22 November 2024, Explore convened researchers from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, the Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam at a...
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Citizens’ Forest Masters: Empowered communities strengthen biodiversity...
Thailand is one of the world’s most biodiverse countries, supporting over 15,000 plant species and around the same number of animal species. Its forests...
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Training of trainers: Community-based fire management in Asia
Recognizing the urgent need to strengthen fire management at the community level, the Community-based Fire Management (CBFiM) in Asia project is hosting a regional...
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Call for proposals: Explore research implementation grants
Explore is recruiting researchers from research institutes and universities in Southeast Asia to submit research proposals on forest landscape governance. All research...
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Indigenous voices in climate, conservation and carbon negotiations
It is critical for Indigenous voices to be integrated into high-integrity carbon markets. As the global community advances efforts to address climate change and...
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Ambassadors engage with community-led forest management at Ngao Model...
On 14 November 2024, three ambassadors to Thailand visited the Ngao Model Forest in the north of the country. HE Ms Anna Hammargren, Ambassador of Sweden;...
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Stories from Ciwidey: Youth and social forestry in Indonesia
People aged 16–30 make up approximately 24 percent of Indonesia’s population. In the social forestry sector, their participation is crucial to ensuring that the vision...
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Scaling impact from farm to landscape level requires collaboration towards...
Forest communities do not always have secure land rights. In Thailand, several land allocation policies have been implemented to strengthen tenure...
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Bridging the needs of conservation and local communities
The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of Parties (COP) in Cali, Colombia, COP16, provides an opportunity to move closer to achieving the...
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Margowitan Model Forest: An integrated approach towards improved...
Located in East Java, Indonesia, the Margowitan Model Forest is a significant production forest landscape, with boundaries spanning four districts – Madiun,...
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Long-standing partnerships are crucial to strengthening forest tenure...
During the nine plus years that I worked at GIZ and over the nine plus months since my joining RECOFTC as co-director of RECOFTC Lao PDR, I have witnessed,...
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Embracing community forestry and community-based fire management: Lessons...
An article published in The Guardian in May 2024 highlights two significant successes in the forestry sector of Oaxaca, Mexico – a decline in wildfires...
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Balancing act: Navigating livelihoods and conservation in Asia’s Model...
As we strive to keep pace with the rapid advances of the digital age, the relationship between humans and nature continues to be pushed out of balance....
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Towards transforming agriculture and forest investments in Lao PDR
Lao PDR endorsed the ASEAN Guidelines for Responsible Investments in Food, Agriculture and Forestry (ASEAN RAI) in 2018, setting off a wave of transformation in...
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Assessment of forest governance in six Asian countries
Good forest governance is essential for sustainably and equitably managing forest landscapes and enabling Indigenous Peoples and local communities to thrive. It is...
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Implications of the EUDR on rubber, timber and coffee smallholders: Case...
The European Union (EU) will start applying the EU Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR) on 30 December 2024. The regulation aims to reduce...
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A call for inclusive and meaningful engagement towards sustainable forest...
We applaud the global recognition of the role of forests in combating the growing challenges of climate change, land degradation and biodiversity loss....
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Effective climate change policies in agriculture and forestry need an...
Bridging the divide between agriculture and forestry is imperative for climate action. The global and national race is on to steeply reduce emissions over...
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Preparing for fire season: Community-based fire management in Nan...
Forest fire season in Southeast Asia starts in January, reaching its peak in April. Smoke from these fires leads to a subsequent increase in particulate matter...
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Seeds of transformation: The Trees4All collaboration toward sustainability
Tree planting efforts face challenges such as trees dying due to lack of care, unmeasurable success, and transparency issues. Trees4All has been working...
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Investing in people and forests for climate and nature goals: The case for...
At the COP28 climate change conference in Dubai, the climate and nature agendas started to align like never before. To those of us who work with...
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Reaching to our roots: Traditional ecological knowledge to ratchet up...
The Global Stocktake which will underpin the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change presents a...
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Navigating the EU Deforestation Regulation: Perspectives from small-scale...
The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which entered into force on 29 June 2023, exemplifies the EU’s commitment to reduce their contribution to...
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Carbon markets: Time to listen to Indigenous Peoples and local communities
The Africa Climate Summit held in early September has largely been deemed a success, but it was not immune to challenges. The lead up to the summit was...
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22 Nov 2024
RECOFTC and the Wyss Academy for Nature are inviting proposals from scholars conducting fieldwork on community forestry in Southeast Asia. All...
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The Explore programme organized a monitoring and learning visit to partner organizations in the Philippines from 19 to 23 August 2024. Explore’s...
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For almost a decade now, the Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG) project has been working to strengthen customary tenure policies and practices in...
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Ahead of the 20th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF20) scheduled for May 2025, an expert group meeting on strengthening the...
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