Community Forestry International
Encyclopedia
Community Forestry International, Inc. also known as CFI, is a non-profit organization that helps communities regenerate and preserve forests
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CFI believes to encourage greater sustainable development, it is needed to
include the local communities in the process of managing natural
resources. CFI also enables strategies for community forest management
that help them become an integral part of managing sustainable forests
world-wide.
different levels, such as local, national, regional, and international.
This encourages the exchange of many new ideas and provides a spot to
articulate problem issues. They also draw on a large variety of tools and techniques that support and empower communities that are currently involved in forest management. With this, CFI can hold training seminars.
CFI conducts field research by being involved and working with the NGOs,
forest departments, communities and government planners. CFI analyzes the
effect of government policies and development programs, and this also
helps with communication. To keep people who are interested updated, CFI maintains an active writing and publishing program. By using their publishing and writing program they are able to publish their findings from field research.
Reforestation
Reforestation is the natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands that have been depleted, usually through deforestation....
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Function
CFI helps development agencies, professional foresters, and others with an interest in localforests to get the necessary legal instruments; helps them get resources, go through negotiation processes, and have methods to support the resident managers.CFI believes to encourage greater sustainable development, it is needed to
include the local communities in the process of managing natural
resources. CFI also enables strategies for community forest management
that help them become an integral part of managing sustainable forests
world-wide.
Program components
The program has four components which are designed to engage the national policy makers, to reduce conflicts, and to make managing agreements that will result, with the help of CFI, in more sustainable forest use. The four components are:- Regional and National Policy Dialogues
- Mediation Processes and Methods
- Participatory Research and Field Programs
- Communication
Programs
Some of the projects available are:- Community forestryCommunity forestryCommunity forestry is an evolving branch of forestry whereby the local community plays a significant role in forest management and land use decision making. It involves the participation and collaboration of various stakeholders including community, government and non-government organisations...
- Communities, Climate Change, & Carbon Offset-Credit Payments.
- Communities, Livelihood, & Payments for Environmental Services
- Communities, Culture & Conversation
- Communities & Biodiversity
- Community Forestry Law & Policy
Process
CFI designs, organized, and facilitates policy dialogues and manydifferent levels, such as local, national, regional, and international.
This encourages the exchange of many new ideas and provides a spot to
articulate problem issues. They also draw on a large variety of tools and techniques that support and empower communities that are currently involved in forest management. With this, CFI can hold training seminars.
CFI conducts field research by being involved and working with the NGOs,
forest departments, communities and government planners. CFI analyzes the
effect of government policies and development programs, and this also
helps with communication. To keep people who are interested updated, CFI maintains an active writing and publishing program. By using their publishing and writing program they are able to publish their findings from field research.