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  The research for this study, commissioned by the Government of Bhutan and undertaken through a participative methodology, strongly suggests corruption is not a major threat to forests and forest-dependent people in Bhutan. However, stakeholders identified three main areas of concern, from which recommendations are developed Access to timber and forests for rural communities Forests crimes, including illegal logging Governance challenges in relation to decentralization or community co-management of forests          

Esta es una guía para medir o evaluar la gobernanza forestal. La gobernanza forestal comprende todos los sistemas sociales y económicos que afectan la forma en que las personas interactúan con los bosques, incluyendo las burocracias, leyes, politicas, normas y culturas tradicionales, patrones de tenencia de la tierra y mercados. Features five case studies including the Indonesia PGA for REDD+. Publicado por la FAO y PROFOR con el apoyo del Programa ONU-REDD, EFI, GIZ, FERN, EFI, RECOFTC, Forest Trends, Madera Verde y el Programa UE FAO FLEGT.

Este Boletín de políticas describe opciones para forjar una compatibilidad entre los incentivos fiscales a la producción agrícola y REDD+.

A review for the SHARP partnership of 28 documented PES projects that have involved working with smallholders in tropical forest countries to protect watersheds, conserve biodiversity and minimise deforestation. The report provides a useful inventory of smallholder-focused projects and offers a close look at the design and outcome of seven case studies in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia. The authors ask what lessons can be learned for future PES schemes but also for other smallholder-oriented initiatives. http://www.sharp-partnership.org/updates/lessons-learned-from-smallholder-payment-schemes

Fiscal Incentives for Agricultural Commodity Production: Options to Forge Compatibility with REDD+ This Policy Brief outlines options for forging compatibility between fiscal incentives for agricultural commodity production and REDD+.

Les forêts africaines offrent un potentiel économique mais il est menacé par une demande croissante de produits forestiers et par l’empiètement des autres secteurs. Ici nous explorons le potentiel d’une approche favorable à l’économie verte pour le secteur forestier qui cherche à améliorer le bien-être humain et la justice sociale, tout en réduisant les risques environnementaux et les pénuries écologiques. Des interventions à travers l’Afrique qui visent à conserver, accroître et restaurer le capital naturel, encourager une utilisation rationnelle des ressources, ou promouvoir une consommation durable, montrent comment les forêts pourraient impulser une transformation vers une économie verte. Notre analyse de scénario indique qu’une sélection de ce type d’interventions, lorsqu’elles sont mises à l’échelle, pourrait contribuer à satisfaire l’augmentation de la demande de bois tout en permettant une gestion durable des forêts. Mais la mise à l’échelle d’interventions prometteuses nécessitera de prendre des mesures pour créer un environnement propice.

There is economic potential in African forests but it is threatened by an increasing demand for forest products, and by encroachment from other sectors. The Briefing explores the potential of a ‘green economy’ approach to the forest sector, which seeks to improve human wellbeing and social equity while reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. Interventions across Africa that aim to conserve, enhance and restore natural capital; increase resource efficiency; or promote sustainable consumption, show how forests could help drive a green economy transformation. Our scenario analysis indicates that a selection of such interventions, when scaled up, could help to meet increased demand for timber while enabling sustainable forest management. But scaling up of promising interventions will require action to create an enabling environment.