Donors

RECOFTC's support of community forestry in Asia and the Pacific during its Strategic Plan 2008-2013 has been made possible by four core donors and many project donors. Last updated: July, 2012.

Core Donors

Norad

  Supporting RECOFTC with core funding since 2006, the Norwegian Government contributed first through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and currently does so through Norad. In addition to core funds, Norad also supports the Grassroots Capacity Building Program for REDD+ in the Asia-Pacific Region project; community forestry program support for Myanmar; a project on REDD+ and the carbon market for communities and forest conservation in Tanzania; the REDD-Net Project through the Overseas Development Institute; the development of an FPIC Training Manual; and a community-based coastal resources management network project through Mangroves for the Future.

 

SDC has been a key supporter of RECOFTC since its establishment in 1987 and remained a core donor till 2008. SDC continued to support various capacity building projects thereafter including for REDD+ and the institutional development of the ASEAN Social Forestry network (ASFN). They currently support the ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC) where RECOFTC is a key implementing partner.  As of July 2012, SDC has renewed its commitment as core donor, with an emphasis on supporting the Asia-Pacific region through the promotion of community forestry in tackling challenges from climate change and water scarcity.

Sida logo

 

Jointly responsible for sowing the seeds for RECOFTC's establishment, Sida has actively supported RECOFTC since 1997 through project funding. In 2004, Sida became a core fund donor and has continued to support community forestry as a means of poverty reduction, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and enhancing rights and livelihoods.

 

The Royal Thai Government has provided continued support for the establishment, operations, and annual funding of projects in Thailand with a special focus on promoting sustainable community forestry management for climate change adaptation and mitigation.  It does so through the Office of the Higher Education Commission of the Ministry of Education and Kasetsart University.  Kasetsart University has been also crucial to RECOFTC’s establishment and daily operations as it supports RECOFTC with needed infrastructure and the land on which the RECOFTC Headquarters has been built.

Donors and Thematic Areas

The table below summarizes the thematic areas to which our donors currently contribute.

Donors Expanding Community Forestry People, Forests, and Climate Change Managing Forest Conflict Enhancing Livelihoods Organizational
Support

Norwegian Agency
for Development
Cooperation (Norad)

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

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Swedish International
Development Cooperation
Agency (Sida)

Office of the Higher Education Commission,
Ministry of Education,
Royal Thai Government

Kasetsart University

Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)

   

 
Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)      

 
The Asia Foundation 

 

 

   
CCCA Trust Fund  

     
Centre for
International Migration
and Development (CIM)
     

Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)    

   
Department for International
Development (DFID)
     

 
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS)

     
European Commission (EC)

   

 
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)       

 
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri)

     
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

 
Ford Foundation

 

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

 
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)  

 
     
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

   

 
Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF)

       
Mangroves for
the Future (MFF)

 

 
Microsoft (Thailand)

   

 

 
Ministry of Environment of Cambodia

 

 

 

 
Ministry of the
Environment of Japan

 

   

 
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland      

 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)       

 
Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) 

 

Siam Commercial
Bank Foundation
 

       
Six Senses and Evason Hua Hin

       
Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC)

 

 
Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)  

 

   

Thailand Research
Fund (TRF)
 

   

 

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)  

   
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)  

 

 

 
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

 

 

 

 
World Bank

     

Join Us

If you share similar goals, we would love to work together to see a better world for people and forests. Please contact partnerships@recoftc.org for more information about how you can contribute to community forestry in the Asia-Pacific region.

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