13/2023/TT-BNNPTNT to help strengthen working principles, criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management (SFM) in the country. The changes include additions and amendments that bring the circular in line with other policies and laws, promote gender equality and community participation in sustainable forest management, and clarify and speed up procedures for approval of sustainable fore. [...] “There was a need to address the inconsistencies with other parts of Viet Nam’s legal and regulatory framework.” Our stakeholder consultation was organized to support the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s invitation to relevant parties to provide inputs to the update. [...] With the new amendments, the circular better reflects the realities and needs of communities managing local forests.” Updates to the circular were officially issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on 30 November 2023. [...] In June 2023, the municipality agreed to adopt and scale up the updated model to enhance the livelihoods of marginalized communities and women utilizing community forests. [...] Across all our work, we will continue to generate and communicate evidence of the benefits and practicalities of inclusive and sustainable forest landscape management and restoration.
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Table of Contents
- Foreword 4
- Message from the Executive Director 6
- The year that was – RECOFTC by numbers 8
- Improved policies, practices and structures 11
- Promoting community-led fire management in Asia 12
- Updated policy guidance on sustainable forest management in Viet Nam 14
- Possible model for legal harvesting of timber in Cambodia 16
- Mainstreaming gender into Indonesia’s forestry sector 19
- Endorsement of new policy boosts forest governance in Lao PDR 21
- Stronger alliances and strengthened citizen voices 23
- Strengthening research on forest landscape governance 24
- Local communities lead conservation 26
- Community women engage with local government 28
- Addressing gender based-violence in community-based NRM 30
- Crowdfunding campaign supports restoration of degraded land 32
- Shifted norms and attitudes 34
- Teak growers engage in sustainable planted forest management 35
- Youth participation in Indonesia’s forestry sector 37
- Local municipalities adapt successful agroforestry model to fit Nepal’s mid-hill context 39
- Community forestry generates crucial income in Wakon village, Myanmar 41
- Strengthening capacities for biodiversity management in Thailand’s community forests 43
- Onward and upward: Our strategic goals for the next five years 45
- Our Board of Trustees 47
- Partnerships 49
- Our sponsors 49
