Timber Identification and Handling Toolkit: Handling Reference Guide
Rare and precious wood species grow naturally throughout Viet Nam and are an indispensable part of natural forest ecosystems. The exploitation and illegal trade of these wood species has negatively impacted forest ecosystems, the conservation of genetic resources, and the environment. Over exploitation can...
National Mechanism for Multi-stakeholder Policy Coordination and Dialogue
In 2011, the first collaborative platform – The Lao Forest and Trade Platform – was created to foster multi stakeholder dialogue with government and the private sector on Responsible Forest Management and Trade. In this Fact Sheet we outline some of the lessons we...
Stabilising and Rebuilding Myanmar’s Working Forests: Multiple Stakeholders and Multiple Choices – SUMMARY DOCUMENT
This report was produced by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and RECOFTC-The Center for People and Forests, with support from the United States Government, under the Responsible Asia Forestry and Trade (RAFT) partnership. The content and the opinions expressed are those of the authors and...
Stabilising and Rebuilding Myanmar’s Working Forests: Multiple Stakeholders and Multiple Choices – FINAL REPORT
This report was produced by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and RECOFTC-The Center for People and Forests, with support from the United States Government, under the Responsible Asia Forestry and Trade (RAFT) partnership. The content and the opinions expressed are those of the authors and...
RAFT Presentations (PART II), Community Forest Startups, Asia Pacific Rainforest Summit 2018
Over the past 150 years, industrialization has taken its toll. All too often, forests have been sacrificed in the face of expanding business and national interests. In the future, forests could act as a backbone of sustainable economies by providing a multitude of renewable...
RAFT Presentations (PART I), Community Forest Startups, Asia Pacific Rainforest Summit 2018
Over the past 150 years, industrialization has taken its toll. All too often, forests have been sacrificed in the face of expanding business and national interests. In the future, forests could act as a backbone of sustainable economies by providing a multitude of renewable...
Manual on Mapping and Creating GIS Database of Teak Plantations in Laos – GIS Training
Although teak plantations have expanded rapidly over the past decades in Lao PDR, a number of smallholders who has formally registered their plantation is small. Development of a legal registration system for teak plantations in Luang Prabang is facing difficulties due to a lack...
News Stories For The Web – RAFT Guidelines
There are as many ways to write a story as there are people prepared to do it. Choose your angle and express yourself.
