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The Governance of Forests Initiative

Resources

34 Resources for
logging truck transporting timber
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
Technical Perspectives
  • Forests
  • deforestation
Insights
Illegal logging accounts for up to 90 percent of forestry activities in some key tropical production forests and 30 percent of globally traded wood. (Sumatra, Indonesia) Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
  • data
  • restoration
  • Forests
Insights

Extending Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium Is a Win for Business

  • deforestation
  • Economics
  • biodiversity
  • Business
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Economics
  • biodiversity
  • Business
  • Forests

Q&A with Cécile Ndjebet: Empowering Women Is Key to Better Forest Management in Cameroon

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Gender
  • land rights
Women in Cameroon prepare to plant saplings. Photo by Cameroon Ecology.
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Gender
  • land rights
Insights
Internet access issues—including if and how communities can get online—hold huge implications for the uptake of digital tools.Photo by  世書 名付/ Flickr.
  • Forests
Insights

UN Climate Summit Puts Forests Front and Center – But Will it Matter?

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • climate change
The island of Manhattan, though now one of the most densely populated places in the world, was once almost entirely forested. Photo Credit: Andrew Mace/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • climate change

New Study Reveals Weaknesses in Brazil’s Forest and Environmental Funds

  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • Forests
A new study evaluates government-managed funds meant to protect Brazil's Amazon rainforest. Photo credit: Neil Palmer/CIAT for Center for International Forestry Research
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • Forests
Insights

Securing Rights for People and the Climate in Africa

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • climate change
Way back to Lukolela  View on the way back to Lukolela, Democratic Republic of Congo.   Photo by Ollivier Girard for CIFOR   Center for International Forestry Research
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • climate change

Cultivating Accountability in REDD+

  • Equity & Governance
  • restoration
  • Forests
  • deforestation
While the struggle to protect the Tripa peat forest will likely continue, the story illustrates a positive message for Indonesia’s forests. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • Equity & Governance
  • restoration
  • Forests
  • deforestation
Research

4 Reasons Assessing Governance Matters for Forests and People

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
Conducting an analysis of governance strengths and weaknesses can be a critical first step towards advancing forest governance reforms. Photo Credit: World Bank, Flickr
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
Insights

Fire Alerts Spike in Indonesia as Risk of Haze Crisis Returns

  • extreme weather
  • Forests
  • fires
  • extreme weather
  • Forests
  • fires

Strengthening Cameroon’s Forest Governance: 3 Key Challenges for Cameroon’s REDD+ Process

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • environmental democracy
  • public participation
  • deforestation
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • environmental democracy
  • public participation
  • deforestation
Insights

Indonesia Extends its Forest Moratorium: What Comes Next?

  • restoration
  • Forests
  • commodities
  • low carbon development
  • restoration
  • Forests
  • commodities
  • low carbon development