People and forests
News
Four beauty products found in forests
18/03/2022
How natural cosmetic and beauty products are providing forest communities with livelihood opportunities.
International Women’s Day: Empowering women in forest communities is key to achieving climate goals and SDGs
08/03/2022
Across the planet, about one billion women rely on forests for their livelihoods, helping to feed their families and contribute to household income – and building specialized knowledge of the best ways to manage and use forests sustainably.
Protecting wildlife and Indigenous Peoples’ livelihoods in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
03/03/2022
The Mbuti people at the heart of wildlife management.
Publications
A diagnostic on social protection needs and opportunities for forest-dependent communities in the United Republic of Tanzania
2018
Understanding the poverty and vulnerabilities of forest-dependent communities in the United Republic of Tanzania.
Social protection for forest-dependent communities
2017
This policy brief, developed with the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, is based on a global literature review of social protection for forest-dependent communities and three country case studies in Burkina Faso, China and Uganda.
Links between social protection and forestry policies: Lessons from China
2017
This review analyses the main forestry and social protection policies in China’s major forestry programmes.