(with its FLOURISH project), the Nghe An Forest Protection and Development This policy brief recommends that such Fund and the International Bamboo and partnerships be replicated and scaled up, Rattan Organization have been helping the alongside technical, financial and policy local government to address challenges support to develop the sustainable bamboo in the supply chain for Lung bamboo. [...] It recognizes the need to to protect and restore its forests so that the engage local communities in the production forests can deliver significant economic and and protection of forest resources as a way employment benefits while contributing of eradicating poverty and building climate to action to address climate change. [...] key product for increasing forest value, developing and restoring degraded land Since 2019, RECOFTC, the Nghe An Forest and promoting private sector–community Protection and Development Fund and partnerships that generate sustainable the International Bamboo and Rattan livelihoods for local people (see box 1). [...] Communities need training and support on Lung bamboo restoration, sustainable forest management and harvesting, forest Policy support land allocation, Lung bamboo processing The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural for value addition and community-based Development and the provincial authorities enterprise development and management. [...] should develop strategies, policies and Local governments, businesses and other guides to encourage the use of bamboo stakeholders should raise awareness of and promote the development of the the environmental benefits of bamboo sustainable bamboo products sector, and how bamboo value chains contribute including by mobilizing private sector to resilient, sustainable livelihoods and investment.
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