Concern about the long term social and environmental implications of accelerated land acquisition has grown and there has been a proliferation of...

Leading community forestry professionals from 11 countries in Asia and RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forest’s top management made up a team of...

In Finland, the forestry sector is so well-integrated into the larger society that the concept of “social forestry” seems to be superfluous. Thus,...

On 9th – 11th October 2012, Forest Peoples Programme and Sawit Watch, with the support of CLEC and funds from the Rights and Resources Initiative,...

With the steep rise in global food prices pinching millions of poor rural households, families are becoming more dependent on natural resources for...

Organic mushrooms may seem like an unlikely solution to poaching and illegal logging, but Freeland Foundation is championing this low-impact crop as...

Indonesia, the country with the highest area of tropical forest in Southeast Asia is also the region’s biggest economy. While this has not always...

I had the chance to work in an international organization in Malaysia from 2005 - 2007. I noticed there that donors from rich countries wanted to...

Indonesia is a key country for RECOFTC given the wealth of its forest resources and the millions of local people who depend on them for their...