Community Forest Enterprise Development: Case Studies from Latin America
Over the last two decades, countries across the tropics have devolved increasing authority over natural forests to local actors. While decentralizing control over natural forests is a step in the... View more
Unlocking Investment for Landscape Restoration at Scale in the Amazon
The Business Case and Investment Opportunities for the Public and Private Sectors to Restore Degraded Ranching Lands
In Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, and across the Amazon, there is a growing trend to... View more
Linking Market Intelligence and Remote Villagers: Innovative Use of Rural Radio Networks in Brazilian Amazonia
The Center for International Forestry Research created a methodology to disseminate information about the production and marketing of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) to improve the livelihoods of... View more
Measuring the Resilience of Brazil Nut Production to Landscape-Level Change in the Western Amazon
Understanding complex linkages between social and ecological systems and their resilience to external shocks is essential to promote the sustainable management of natural resources.
This project,... View more
Corporate-Community Agreements for Commercializing Non Timber Forest Products in the Brazilian Amazon
The Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil evaluated the motivations, opportunities, problems, and consequences of trade partnerships or agreements established between forest communities and... View more