Program on Sustainable Development in Forest-Based Communities

Any successful forest conservation strategy must take into account not only the forest, but the human communities that depend on it. When communities find ways to derive sustainable income and employment through sound, long-term forest stewardship, they are able to conserve and protect their forests, thereby sustaining the basis for their own livelihoods and rural quality of life.

Working with policymakers and directly with communities, we help foster community-based forest stewardship that is ecologically sound, economically viable and socially responsible.