People and forests
News
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.
Broadening forestry education to tackle the climate crisis
17/02/2022
New generations of students help adapt local knowledge and practices to a changing world.
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.