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Annual report 2023–2024
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Chapters Building consensus for responsible land investment in Myanmar
  1. Foreword
  2. Message from the Executive Director
  3. The year that was – RECOFTC by numbers
  4. Working towards impact: Our vision, our approach
  5. Ensuring forest landscapes provide climate solutions
  6. Lao PDR issues first national guidelines on forest fire prevention and management
  7. Rooted in science, grounded in local knowledge
  8. Inclusive, community-led, tech-enabled: CBFiM builds resilience in Viet Nam’s Central Highlands
  9. Securing rights and inclusive governance
  10. Thirty-four community forest groups renew 15-year agreement, a first in Cambodia
  11. Shifting norms, strengthening governance
  12. Shaping the future through climate-responsive forest planning
  13. Bringing gender to the forefront of forestland planning in Lao PDR
  14. Community forests established and revitalized for sustainability
  15. Supporting growth of forest landscape-related businesses
  16. Nature-positive approaches for sustainable avocado production
  17. Scaling success in forest livelihoods
  18. Building consensus for responsible land investment in Myanmar
  19. Securing finance for sustainable forest landscapes
  20. Community funds protect forests and empower local action
  21. Municipality steps up to finance community priorities
  22. Grassroots leadership secures water access for 200 households in Nepal
  23. Generating evidence for influence
  24. Strengthening forest governance and equity through evidence
  25. Strengthening spatial literacy with technology for improved land management
  26. Engaging the public on forest landscape issues
  27. Young Indonesians rethink forest livelihoods
  28. Communities lead forest patrol and protection through new management plans
  29. Our Board of Trustees
  30. Partnerships
Member of avocado sector in group discussion
Supporting growth of forest landscape-related businesses

Building consensus for responsible land investment in Myanmar

RECOFTC is facilitating a multi-stakeholder platform on transformative land investment to identify shared priorities and actions.

In Myanmar, RECOFTC is working with private, civil society and non-governmental entities in the agriculture and forestry sectors to support collaboration and build trust through a multi-stakeholder platform (MSP) on transformative land investment.  

The MSP is laying critical groundwork for setting strategic direction to strengthen responsible practice for land-based investors. At the second MSP meeting organized in May 2024, stakeholders identified five priority issues that they can realistically address. These include limited support for good agriculture practice; low adoption of sustainable practices; potential misuse of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC); inadequate processing technology for waste reduction and circular production; and resource gaps for community development.

The MSP will work to strengthen FPIC, review land-related legal instruments and support sustainable agricultural practices. RECOFTC facilitated the process, building on earlier assessments and action plans developed through the Transformative Land Investment project and associated communities of practice.  

Transforming land investment means empowering vulnerable communities to create sustainable food systems where their rights are respected, livelihoods are strengthened, and the environment is sustained.  

RECOFTC’s work is made possible with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Government of Sweden.