This case study describes the work of the Maliasili / Maasai Landscape Conservation Fund (MLCF). 

As forest tenure reform is mainstreamed around the world, outcomes are increasingly determined by the institutions that are responsible for administering its operationalisation and translating policy into implementation. This global study examines state institutional contexts of tenure reform in Kenya, Uganda, Nepal, Indonesia, and Peru. Interviews were administered in 2016–2017 using a fixed questionnaire applied across all countries involving 26–32 respondents from state implementers of forest tenure reform in each country for a total of 145 respondents.

The global forest tenure transition: Background, substance, and prospects

This law determines the principles, regulations and measures on management, preservation, development, utilization and inspection of forest and forestland, promotion of regeneration and planting, and increase of forest resources, aiming at enriching forests, increasing forest cover, making them as tourism resources, sustainable sources of living and use for the people, ensuring a sustainable condition and protection of soil, climate, water resources, biodiversity, environment in compliance with green and sustainable growth directions, as well as contributing to national socio-economic devel

Country Forest Notes (CFNs) are a centerpiece of the World Bank Group’s Forest Action Plan (FY16–20) and Climate Change Action Plan (2016–2020). They provide a thorough assessment of the current status of forests, the forestry sector, and the investment needs to sustainably manage this valuable renewable natural resource.

La forêt sacrée de Badjamè (Aplahoué, Couffo) ne bénéficie presque d’aucune mesure de protection et de gestion malgré son importance écologique. La présente étude met un accent sur la diversité des espèces végétales de cette forêt au Bénin en vue de proposer les stratégies de gestion et de conservation durable de cette forêt sacrée. Une prospection de terrain nous a permis d’observer la physionomie générale de la forêt sacrée et de ses zones connexes. Des sites d’inventaire floristique ont été retenus. Les relevés phytosociologiques ont été faits dans 35 placeaux de 30 m x 30 m chacun.

As a climate change mitigation strategy, emission reduction projects, such as those related to forest carbon, are bein

Robust national policies are critical to protecting community righ

As the world races to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, the role of carbon markets remains deeply contested. Yet the nuances of ‘carbon rights’ — which generally refer to the rights “to benefit from sequestered carbon and/ or reduced greenhouse gas emissions”1 — remain underexamined. This is particularly the case for rights to ‘biosequestered carbon’, which is carbon removed from the atmosphere and stored in vegetation, soils and the ocean.

This report provides a critical update to the 2017 Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) analysis Power and Potential. It evaluates the extent to which national laws, as of 2024, recognize the specific community forest rights of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local community women. The analysis covers 35 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America that encompass about 80 percent of forests in these three regions and 42 percent of global forest area.