21 February 2018, Rome — With their uniquely placed frontline role in sustainable natural resource management, forest and farm small-scale producers and organizations should be enlisted as key allies in reducing deforestation and increasing forest cover, a panel session heard on Wednesday during a major international conference at FAO headquarters in...

Nearly a decade has passed since a small group of farmers gathered around a fire to lament the increasing costs of their trade, and the toll that modern practices and inputs was taking on their land. As the embers of the fire settled, they resolved to take action to improve...

In Myanmar, the National League for Democracy (NLD) is transferring the rights to forest land – and all its potential bounty – to local communities. Duncan Macqueen explains how this important move, supported by peer-to-peer learning, is helping to establish new long-term livelihoods. It is impossible to talk about Myanmar without...

Four days national-wide tour of the Honorable Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources (MECCNAR0), Hon. Lamin B. Dibba from 23rd to 26th November 2017, witnessed the handing over of Community Forest Management Agreements (CFMAs) to Thirty Nine (39) Forest Areas covering total land area of 4,073.49 Hectares (ha)....

24 November 2017, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar — Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs) from more than 10 countries across the Asia and the Pacific region have called for increased support to scale up their businesses, more secure land and forest tenure rights, and enhanced collaborations with the private sector, governments...