Like all forest enterprises, community-based forest enterprises (CFEs) have a mixed record, with numerous cases of successes as well as failures. As the experience in developed countries attest, SMEs can emerge and flourish where the tenure and policy frameworks allow them to exist legally and compete fairly with large scale...

These guidelines have been drawn from several years of experience gained through the implementation of MA&D projects in many countries. They are general guidelines that will need to be adapted to the local context and needs of the communities involved. This means that the tools proposed in these FFG should...

MA&D is a framework for planning tree and forest product-based enterprises. It consists of a preliminary planning phase followed by four phases that guide entrepreneurs through a simple and clear participatory process to plan and develop their enterprises. Entrepreneurs will follow a sequence of systematic steps to ensure that all...

This MA&D manual should provide project managers with the information and tools they will need to decide whether to apply the MA&D approach to their enterprise development projects. The goal of the Market Analysis and Development (MA&D) approach is to assist individuals living in rural communities to develop enterprises to...

This compendium provides a synthesis of key information about available frameworks and tools for assessing climate-change vulnerability and adaptation options, special features of each framework or tool, and information on obtaining relevant documentation, training or publications. It has been designed to be used as a reference document to identify available...

Safeguards are a core component of the international framework for REDD+ agreed under the UNFCCC. Safeguarding against risks and enhancing benefits can be crucial to ensuring that REDD+ actions, results, and finance endure in the long term and contribute to national development goals, as well as sustainable development and green...

Natural resources conflicts are disagreements and disputes over access to, and control and use of, natural resources. These conflicts often emerge because people have different uses for resources such as forests, water, pastures and land, or want to manage them in different ways. Disagreements also arise when these interests and...

This book is a16-country, 622-page comparative historical analysis on the emergence of forest certification within developing countries reveals that existing commitments from North American and European markets has not yet been strong enough to influence significantly forest management choices in some of the world's most environmentally sensitive forests. The editors...

The guide is intended to assist extension agents in the East African Region conduct training events for farmers and other interested stakeholder in Conservation Agriculture With Trees (CAWT) specifically farmers and those wishing to practice Conservation Agriculture may also find this guide useful. The CAWT practice involves the integration of crop-friendly...

The Conservation Buffers website offers resources for planning and designing buffers in rural and urban landscapes. The primary resource is Conservation Buffers: Design Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways which provides over 80 illustrated design guidelines synthesized and developed from a review of over 1400 research publications. Each guideline describes a...