As part of a multi-country review of community forest rights, Tropenbos Colombia conducted a review to better understand the role and potential of resguardos as mechanisms for decentralised forest governance. In this policy brief we summarize some of the main outcomes of the review, and the consequent recommendations for CSOs. 

As part of a multi-country review of community forest rights, Tropenbos Indonesia conducted a review of Indonesia’s social forestry programme, aiming to assess its environmental and livelihood outcomes, and identify ways to improve these outcomes and the role that Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) can play in this. In this policy brief we summarize some of the main outcomes of the review, and the consequent recommendations for CSOs. 

As part of a multi-country review of community forest rights, Tropenbos Suriname conducted a review of the community forests in Suriname, to understand the extent to which they result in positive conservation and livelihood outcomes, and to identify the conditions for their success and ways in which Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) can help with achieving these. In this policy brief we summarize some of the main outcomes of the review, and the consequent recommendations for CSOs. 

As part of a multi-country review of community forest rights, Tropenbos Viet Nam conducted a review of community forest allocation in Viet Nam, to assess its outcomes and understand the conditions for success. In this policy brief we summarize some of the main outcomes of the review, and the consequent recommendations for CSOs. 

As part of a multi-country review of community forest rights, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria conducted a review of community forest rights in Nigeria. In this policy brief we summarize some of the main outcomes of the review, and the consequent recommendations for CSOs. 

As part of a multi-country review of community forest rights, the Sustainable Development Institute conducted a review of community forest rights in Liberia. The review documented stakeholders’ experiences with, and views on, the Community Forest Management Agreements, with a focus on the conditions and constraints for success. In this policy brief we summarize some of the main outcomes of the review, and the consequent recommendations for CSOs.