RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forests has new online home: a one-stop shop for clear information about community forestry in Asia and the...

When local people have access to forests, they have a variety of benefits. In many cases, these benefits are at the subsistence level. Using forest...

Riding along a rural highway in the beautiful mountains of northeastern Lao PDR in February of 2007, I admired the view and delightedly imagined the...

The mild success of Cancun provided a great advance for the world’s foresters: global attention. But with this attention comes responsibility. From...

It was an admirable coup for political will in reaching a deal, but a failure where it really mattered – controlling carbon emissions. I confess that...

The optimists have it. Cancun is officially a success. But is it really worth a standing ovation? In fact, this conference was a masterstroke of...

Jane Goodall couldn’t make it to Cancun. Instead she sent the greeting call of a chimpanzee to reverberate around a hall full of senior diplomats,...

When it comes to the topic of carbon rights, we are in uncharted territory. We see growing urgency in some circles, (the private sector in...

On Sunday, Forest Day 4 scored a notable coup with the appearance of President Calderon at the opening plenary. This is clear evidence, in case any...