From 2010 to 2020, the number of hectares managed by local communities under social forestry doubled in ASEAN. This achievement is the result of new...

An initiative to expand recognition of local communities’ customary tenure rights across the northern provinces of the Lao People’s Democratic...

“Community Forestry Participatory Assessment: A Guide for Practitioners,” is aimed at specialists from government agencies, research centres,...

Sustainable forest management in the Asia-Pacific region is an extremely complex, perennial challenge. Biological diversity, illegal logging,...

A new worldwide partnership is to boost expertise in using nature-based solutions to fight the causes and consequences of climate change, campaigners...

Southeast Asian policymakers gathered in Bangkok to work together on legal reforms to strengthen community forestry, key to protecting the region’s...

Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have declared ambitious targets for social forestry. If these countries...

Opposing interests and competition over land and resources is driving forest conversion in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Government and...

The creation of national parks around the world has exacerbated conflict between local communities and governments in cases where communities are...