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Tree for All crowdfunding mechanism launches in Thailand to incentivize...
Nan, Thailand, 24 February 2022 — A forest community in northern Thailand celebrated the launch of a crowdfunding mechanism that will help other...
Publication
Building resilience through community forestry: RECOFTC annual report,...
Read RECOFTC’s digital annual report, “Building resilience through community forestry.” This report covers the period October 2017 to September 2019. It...
Special Report
Community forests: Centres of people power and networks of support
Meet individuals and communities who, empowered by the benefits of community forestry, are helping to achieve RECOFTC’s vision of communities living equitably,...
Story
Lung bamboo, Viet Nam’s bank in the backyard
When Nong Thi Huong talks about what bamboo means to her and her ethnic Thai community in northern Viet Nam, she tells a tale of economic, ecological and personal transformation. In...
Special Report
Defining and assessing the effectiveness of civil society networks working...
Research in 12 countries provides insights into the multifaceted nature of ‘effectiveness’ as it applies to networks of environmental civil society...
News
COP26 forests declaration must strengthen rights of local communities
The Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use was announced at COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference, on 2 November 2021. To date, 134 countries...
Story
More ambition needed from ASEAN Member States on forests and climate change
When Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meet in Glasgow next month for the COP26 conference, much attention...
Story
Nature based solutions: Old wine in new bottles or a necessary evolution?
There has been an unprecedented shift in global perceptions and appetite for action on climate change over the past several years. The shift is due to...
Story
Change the training, change everything
In 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, Mardha Tillah travelled to Bangkok for a workshop on gender leadership. At that time, she was the executive director of the...
Story
Closing the gender gap in forest governance in Cambodia
Gender leaders in Cambodia are working to mainstream gender equality in the forestry sector. Forestry is associated with labour-intensive work. Timber harvesting, forest...
Special Report
RECOFTC's response to COVID-19
As the world marshals to fight the new coronavirus we must also continue to fight climate change and a third crisis emerging stronger than ever— injustice. Our response is community forestry.
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26 Jun 2022
As a founding member of the Peoples Forests Partnership, RECOFTC and other partners signed a Constitution Act in Washington D.C. on 14 June 2022...
31 May 2022
RECOFTC launched new activities on 21 April 2022 as part of a project to restore and protect the Tonle Sap ecosystem. The project will involve 13...
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The Learning Center contains frequently asked questions about community forestry, our current training schedule, as well as additional online learning material and courses.
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The Royal Thai Government announced plans, in 2020, to increase the national tree cover to 55 percent by 2037. It is an ambitious target. Across the...
Talk of the Forest
The 2017 June-September monsoon season in South Asia was one of the most devastating the region had experienced in decades. In Nepal, monsoon rains...
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