by admin | Sep 28, 2014 | Case Studies, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction, Forests, Livelihoods And Governance, Past Projects, Projects
Background The Caribbean Subgroup of the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission suggested at its last meeting in Guatemala in 2010 that a Caribbean knowledge exchange initiative on Community Forestry be conducted. The idea is to gather and compare...
by admin | Sep 28, 2014 | Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction, Forests, Livelihoods And Governance, Past Projects, Projects
Background In 2003, the islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines were losing forests at an estimated rate of 3% per annum. This was due to both legal and illegal cultivation of seasonal crops in the interior of the forested areas and land use changes, particularly...
by admin | Sep 28, 2014 | Forests, Livelihoods And Governance
Forests and Livelihoods Exchange Visit on Entrepreneurship Opportunities from the Sustainable Use of Forest Products and Services, Dominica, June 2010. Forest and Livelihoods Exchange Visit on tools and methods for the sustainable use of forest products and...
by admin | Sep 28, 2014 | Forests, Livelihoods And Governance, News
Forest for People, People for Forests: Forest-based livelihoods in the Caribbean” May 4th – 7th, 2010. Cascadia Hotel, St. Anns, Port of Spain, Trinidad. CANARI has invited 80 regional and local participants involved in forest management, working at the...
by admin | Sep 28, 2014 | Forests, Livelihoods And Governance, Past Projects, Projects
The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) has received a grant from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) under its Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Support Programme for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP-FLEGT Support Programme)...
by admin | Sep 28, 2014 | Forests, Livelihoods And Governance, Past Projects, Projects
This regional project is funded by the European Commission under its Programme on Tropical Forests and other Forests in Developing Countries. It was designed and is being implemented by CANARI in conjunction with the Forestry Departments of the eight project...