Nepal’s community forestry has become an example of progressive legislation and policies in the decentralization of forest management. It has attracted inter- national attention because in Nepal, decentralization is linked with emerging issues – sustainable forest management, forest governance, policy advocacy, equity, gender, poverty and the role of civil society...
This working paper: (i) provides an overview of 56 Payments for Environmental Services (PES) experiences in 19 countries from the global south that combine social protection and environmental objectives within one programme (ii) analyses the Brazilian Bolsa Verde programme and four PES schemes from China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and...
This study is aimed at gaining an understanding of the poverty and vulnerability situation of forest-dependent communities in the United Republic of Tanzania and generating information on the availability of social protection interventions, with a view to identifying pathways for establishing sustainable social protection for these communities. Social protection is...
Producer Organizations have a key role to play in improving social protection coverage in Africa
12 July 2023
12 July 2023
FAO shares knowledge on extending social protection to rural households, including FDP. The aim of the webinar was to share emerging good practices on working with producer organizations to expand social protection to reduce vulnerability, especially considering the deepening economic and food crises that are unfolding because of or compounded...
IBLI is a community-based insurance programme that targets pastoralist communities in these countries. It uses satellite imagery to monitor vegetation levels, which serve as an indicator of forage availability for livestock. When the vegetation index falls below a certain threshold, eligible households receive a payout to compensate for livestock losses....
This case study shows how the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is contributing to positive change by supporting women forest and farm producers in Ghana by delivering basic services, including social protection.
Environmental and social management (FAO). PROEZA, Poverty, Reforestation, Energy and Climate Change
12 July 2023
12 July 2023
The PROEZA project is the Government of Paraguay’s first effort to address its nationally determined contributions (NDCs) via the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Accordingly, the project plans to generate global and national benefits for climate change adaptation and mitigation, combined with the generation of environmental, bioenergy and poverty-reduction services. It...
Welfare support for forest and farm producers has become even more important in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which destroyed economies and livelihoods across the globe. For example, the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) met the challenge. Over the course of 2021, more than 56,000 forest and farm...
In 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) funded a US$32,000 project to generate a diagnostic and actionable knowledge on the linkages between social protection, natural resource management, women and overall people’s empowerment and poverty alleviation in fisheries and forestry communities in two Caribbean countries. ...
Various cash-for-work programmes have been implemented in Peru to promote sustainable land management and agroforestry practices. These programmes provide financial incentives to indigenous and local communities to engage in activities such as reforestation, agroforestry system establishment and forest protection. The National Direct Support Program for the Poorest – UNTOS, Programa...