Governance and Local Development Towards Sustainable Management of Forests, Conservation-compatible Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction

• Proponent: Haribon Foundation
• Amount: 194,900.00
• Project Start Date: April 26, 2011
• Project End Date: April 29, 2011
• Grant Type: Advocacy Grants
• Area: National
• Grant Status: Past

Project Goals and Objectives

To (1) showcase best practices on SFM, rural livelihood and poverty reduction; (2) discuss implications [of] climate change to SFM, rural livelihood and poverty reduction strategies; (3) and identify gaps and ways forward in achieving national targets  vis-

Outputs and Outcomes

The two and a half-day conference focused on the following topics: forest governance, forest restoration, conservation-compatible livelihoods and financing forest management initiatives. The conference highlighted successful models of sustainable forest resource management, served as a forum for exchanging experiences that would contribute to policy formulation in the local and national levels, identified gaps in policy, science and technology and made recommendations to address these gaps; and, built networks and linkages amongst participants and organizations they represented. The conference materials and proceedings were distributed to sustainable development practitioners as a reference source.