Forest Governance Learning Group
Initiative I0029
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| Implementing org | International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (Environment-Development Institution) |
Summary
The Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) is an informal alliance of in-country teams and international partners, currently active in seven African and three Asian countries, facilitated by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and in collaboration with RECOFTC. FGLG aims to connect those marginalised from forest governance to those controlling it, and to help policy makers make better policies, doers do better and rights-holders gain more.
Four connected parts to the work in each country:
• Team of ‘governance-connected’ individuals from a mix of agencies with experience and ideas
• Policy work on forest livelihood problems due to people being excluded from decisions
• Development of practical guidance and tools for making progress
• Creating and taking opportunities to make governance improvements
Inter-country work is also a priority to achieve creative transfers of insight from one location to another, and to install findings in international policy processes.
Outputs
Key outputs to date
• 10 in-country teams of forest governance advocates continuing to be active in Ghana, Cameroon, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Indonesia, India and Vietnam – and preparations begun for a team in Tanzania
• Major learning events in Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, India, Malawi and Indonesia on social justice in forestry, involving participants from all the country teams and other international players
• 66 policy research outputs and tools
• 49 press, TV and radio advocacy outputs
• International collaboration with more than 21 international organisations and participation in more than 20 international forums
Impacts to date include
• President in Uganda forced to back down from give-away of forest reserves to agribusiness after severe pressure from ‘peoples power’
• High-level action on illegal logging and Chinese investment in Mozambique;
• Rights and governance reform installed back on the agenda in Ghana by shaping the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on legal timber with the EC
• Increased understanding of the economic value of charcoal in Malawi, leading to policy reviews and improved forest governance
• Governance frameworks more astutely enabling community forestry in Vietnam
Geographic coverage
Africa
Asia
Starts
2003
People
James Mayers, Natural Resources Group Head
E-mail: james.mayers@iied.org
Web URL
http://www.iied.org/natural-resources/key-issues/forestry/forest-governance-learning-group
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- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (Organisation O0040)