During the past decade, the issue of forest governance has grown increasingly prominent in international and national forestry deliberations. This is a welcome development from the situation that prevailed not so many years ago, when countries and international organizations treaded warily around the edges of the topic and were allergic to related issues such as corruption and illegal forest-based activities.
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State failure and corruption: challenges for forest policy
Photo: L. Irland
Strengthening weak governance is essential for sustainability
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Keeping it legal
Photo: P. Bholanath/GFC
An ITTO project improves the detection and prevention of illegal logging in Guyana
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Can REDD make natural forests competitive with oil palm?
Photo: R. Butler/mongabay.com
Not at current carbon prices, study finds
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Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans
Photo: CIFOR
A recent study shows problems in implementation
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Perceptions rule
Photo: Touhig/Greenpeace
Opinions on tropical timber in the UK impact demand
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Fellowship Report
Photo: E. Nurtjahya
An ITTO fellowship grant helps show potential of mixed local tree species for revegetating tin mine tailings in Indonesia
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Market Trends
Downturn continues to bite, intra-regional trade helping some exporters
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