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Forest Conservation

Forest Conservation, Livelihoods and Rights

To achieve sustainable forest management, rural livelihoods and a fair negotiation of tenure, access and use rights must be secured. Reform of forest regulatory regimes to these ends must be accompanied by effective implementation, which requires action at local, national and international levels. The project works on issues such as forest regulatory frameworks, alternative livelihoods, forest certification, public procurement policy and the role of border control agencies in curbing the trade in illegal wood.

What's New?

	Activity Report : Workshops on “Customs Collaboration to Combat the Trade in Illegal Timber” (28-29 Oct, Thailand)
	Publication : From Shifting Cultivation to Sustainable Livelihood Creation: Strengthening Marginalised Communities through Institutional Development and Microfinance for Agroforestry and Energy-efficient Technologies

Outline

The project will conduct following research components.

	Critical review of forest regulatory frameworks and their implementation in selected Asia-Pacific countries
	Alternative livelihood creation in localities where poor people have resorted to illegal and/or destructive forest activities
	Innovative models to promote forest certification for small forest enterprises as a livelihood and conservation strategy
	Promoting trade of certified/ verified legal tropical wood
	Options for introducing and strengthening timber procurement policies
	Assessing and strengthening the role of Customs in curbing the trade in illegal wood
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Contact

Forest Conservation Project, IGES
2108-11 Kamiyamaguchi, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0115 JAPAN
Tel: +81-46-855-3830 Fax: +81-46-855-3809
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Project leaflet
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