People and forests
News
Unlocking climate funding for forest and farm producers
14/12/2021
Urban trees: more than just a pretty face
29/10/2021
Indigenous Peoples must be central to tackling the climate crisis
26/10/2021
Publications
Indigenous Peoples poster
2016
This poster has been produced to raise awareness on key facts about Indigenous Peoples, in particular related to demography, poverty and cultural diversity.
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Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples’ right and a good practice for local communities
2016
This FPIC Manual will enable field practitioners to incorporate FPIC into project and programmes’ design and implementation, ensuring that indigenous peoples’ rights are duly respected. FPIC can be considered the “gold standard” because it allows for the highest form of participation of local stakeholders in development projects.
FAO Forestry Paper 176: Forty years of community-based forestry
2015
Since the 1970s and 1980s, community-based forestry has grown in popularity, based on the concept that local communities, when granted sufficient property rights over local forest commons, can organize autonomously and develop local institutions to regulate the use of natural resources and manage them sustainably.