People and forests
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Developing bankable business plans for sustainable forest-based enterprises
10/03/2023
Partnerships key to meeting wildlife conservation targets
02/03/2023
Waste not, want not: Wood residues for sustainable bioenergy, innovative business and climate change mitigation
25/01/2023
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Taking stock: what we grow together counts
2021
Smallholder farmers are commonly thought of as farmers who manage two hectares of land or less. By some estimates they represent approximately a quarter of the world’s population, and manage half of the world’s arable land; they generate billions of dollars in forest and timber products.
Developing bankable business plans
2021
This guide was developed to improve the capacity of small producers, their organizations and small and medium-sized enterprises to access private investment and finance for sustainable forest-based businesses. It offers a framework to think through, organize and develop a convincing investment proposal.
Strengthening decent rural employment opportunities for youth across different processes in the forest value chain in Uganda
2021
This report addresses the subject of decent rural employment for youth in the forestry sector. It is based on case studies carried out across different processes in the value chain within the sector in Uganda, ranging from seedbed development through to plantation management, saw logging and trading.