Forests, Livelihood and Governance

Our goal is to improve livelihoods and contribute to poverty reduction by promoting and facilitating sustainable use and governance of forests, building effective institutions and facilitating collaboration among key stakeholders.

Our main areas of work are:

1. Developing and Influencing national and regional policy and strategy for participatory forest governance and sustainable use of forest resources.

2. Conducting research to build effective, collaborative forest governance institutions and facilitate sustainable use of forest resources.

3. Enhancing capacity for effective, participatory forest governance in the Caribbean, at regional, national and local levels

4. Building the resilience of Caribbean forests, forest users and forest- based enterprises