Forests

Strengthening of Community Conservation Initiatives in Buffer Zone of Kanha Tiger Reserve

The main aim of the project is, Forest and wild life conservation through participation of local community. The project supports and strengthen community to take small initiatives which required for conservation.

Trade-Offs Between Forest Conservation and Livelihoods of the Forest Dependent People in the Chittagong Hill Tracts: REDD + Strategy Development in Bangladesh

The project aims at visualizing of trade-offs between forest conservation and livelihoods of the forest dependent peoples and vulnerability of livelihoods of the community people.

Promoting/Enhancing Biodiversity Conservation through Enhanced Indigenous Forest Connectivity in Taita Hills: Phase 2 (Kinyeshamvua/Ngangao Segment)

The primary aim of this project is to contribute towards biodiversity conservation using the endemic and critically endangered birds as the flagship species through the enhancement of indigenous forest connectivity across the Taita Hills.

Assessing the Conservation Value of Tropical Dry Forests Under Local Management in the Chamela-Cuixmala Region, Mexican Pacific Coast

The project aims to evaluate the structure, diversity, presence of endemics, and value of use of plant communities in primary and secondary forests managed for multiple purposes.

Conserving Dry Tropical Forests on Agricultural Frontiers of the Gran Chaco

This work is aimed at improving our understanding of the human and social determinants of forest loss due to rapid agricultural expansion into tropical dry forests of Argentina.

Empowering Women through Improved Cooking Stoves

Empowering Women through Improved cooking stoves will be in one year campaign to respond to women’s gender Rights while at the same time against deforestation in Yei County, one of the most densely populated rural Counties in South Sudan which is facing different problems related to deforestation such as delayed rainfall, soil erosion and high winds due to the high consumption of firewood in traditional cooking stoves and local communities lack knowledge concerning the role of forests in their daily life. Therefore, this project will be sensitizing women about the role of forests and encouraging them to use improved cooking stoves

Propagation of Native Ferns for the Restoration of the Threatened Forests of Juan Fernandez Archipelago, Chile

The aim of the project is to generate information regarding the propagation of Juan Fernandez ferns, to cultivate and to establish this knowledge at the community.

Mount Kenya Horse Patrol Team

Protection of vulnerable wildlife and forest habitat by increasing surveillance in the Northern area of Mount Kenya with Ethiopian ponies and fully employed and trained community members who patrol the area, collect data and pass on security information.

Effects of Land-Use Intensification on Biodiversity, Ecosystem Processes and Services: Developing Tools for Sustainable Development in Forests of Patagonia

The aim is to assess how changes in biodiversity due to cattle grazing affect a key ecosystem process and ecosystem services, and if increasing cattle production will alter the provisioning of other ES.

Taking Back the Land: Factors Aiding or Constraining Regeneration of Damaged Mangrove Forests in South Andaman Island

The main objective of this project is to identify the factors that aid and constrain natural regeneration of different species of plants in mangrove forests damaged by natural events like the tsunami. By identifying these factors we hope to develop better restoration techniques in mangrove patches that are not regenerating naturally.