WHAT'S NEWUpcoming Meetings“CFM Policies and Practice: Future Directions for Southeast Asia” Recent Meetings“CFM Policies and Practice: Future Directions for
Southeast Asia” “CFN Policy Development in Asia: Transitional Experiences”
Recent Workshops“Formulating CFM Plans and Negotiating Agreements with
Local Government”
CFI holds a reception to open its new office in Phnom Penh for its Community Forestry Alliance for Cambodia (CFAC) project that brings together a diverse group of local NGOs and government officials.With support from USAID’s Cambodia Mission, and the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, CFI has initiated a project to bring together a diverse group of partners to work on a variety of community forestry initiatives in Cambodia. Dr. Mark Poffenberger and the CFAC staff held an opening reception at the new CFAC office in Phnom Penh to discuss the objectives of the project with members of local NGOs, international NGOs, and government officials including the USAID’s Cambodia Mission’s Acting Director, Susan Merrill. The goals of the proposed project are manifold, including enabling communities to protect natural resources critical to their survival, enhancing the livelihoods of people living in poverty, and strengthening the capacity of civil institutions and local government to work with communities in managing natural resources. Ultimately, the long-term objective of the program is to support the development of civil society institutions and processes that lead to more sustainable and equitable resource management in Cambodia. Read More… CFI is awarded grant from USAID to extend and expand its projects in Asia under the Community Forestry Support Program-Phase II
CFI’s regional policy project in the seven states that make up Northeast India is in the process of completing 15 case studies
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Empowering the
Poor: Community-based Environmental and Financial Management in Adilabad
District, India