Conducting research for a green and fair pandemic recovery in the Asia-Pacific
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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...
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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...
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Facilitating agreements for community–private sector partnerships in...
This guide helps practitioners facilitate partnership agreements for the sustainable trade of forest products and/or services in the context of forest...
Special Report
How community forests boosted pandemic resilience across Asia-Pacific
Research in seven Asian countries reveals how community forests increased people’s resilience to the COVID-19-induced restrictions and why recovery plans...
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Community and private sector partnerships restore forests and transform...
Building partnerships among forest communities, the private sector and the government in Lao PDR is challenging work. Witnessing the fruit of that...
News
Boon Rueang Wetland Forest Conservation Group of Thailand wins global...
The Boon Rueang Wetland Forest Conservation Group from the village Boon Rueang in northern Thailand convinced the government to conserve the largest...
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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25 May 2021
Southeast Asian countries must improve tenure rights for people who depend on forests if they are to achieve their goals on social forestry, a model...
22 Jan 2021
The Indonesian government and RECOFTC have renewed their partnership to continue to tackle the challenges that face the country’s forests and the...
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Research in seven Asian countries reveals how community forests increased people’s resilience to the COVID-19-induced restrictions and why recovery...
Talk of the Forest
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...
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