Links
International organizations that work on forestry-related issues
Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme: http://www.ntfp.org
Center for International Forest Research: http://www.cifor.org
CATIE:
http://www.catie.ac.cr
Organizations that work on information and advocacy issues pertaining forests
World Rainforest Movement: http://www.wrm.org.uy
Global Forest Coalition: http://globalforestcoalition.org
Friends of the Earth International: http://www.foei.org
GRAIN: http://www.grain.org
World Resources Institute: http://www.wri.org
Mongobay: http://www.mongabay.com
AgriCultures Network E-zines (several languages): http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines
Forest Peoples Programme (FPP): http://www.forestpeoples.org
Rainforest Rescue: http://www.rainforest-rescue.org
Rights and Resources Initiative: www.rightsandresources.org
FAO - Forestry Division: http://www.fao.org/forestry/
GFIS - Global Forest Information Service: http://www.gfis.net/gfis/
Reforestation.me (blog by David Clode; Australia): http://reforestation.me/
Online radio stations
Real World Radio: http://www.radiomundoreal.fm/
Partner organizations:
Cordaid: www.cordaid.nl
Recommended readings about forestry, training and technical issues:
| » Simpler Forest Management Plans for Participatory Forestry | FAO document, from 2004, that aims to present and stimulate thinking about some of the constraints imposed when conventional forest management plans (FMPs) are used for participatory forestry. It describes recent approaches to address these constraints, mostly based on a study of forest management plans in 22 countries |
| » Customary sustainable use of biodiversity by indigenous peoples and local communities | Examples, challenges, community initiatives and
recommendations relating to
CBD Article 10(c).
A synthesis paper based on case studies from
Bangladesh, Cameroon, Guyana, Suriname, and Thailand October 2011. |