Case Studies

These case studies share key insights, methodologies and indicators, challenges and successes from community based forest monitoring initiatives around the world.

Searchable by ‘monitoring theme’ and ‘international agenda’, these case studies aim to help policy-makers and practitioners understand how community based monitoring can inform national and international forest agendas such as the CBD, FLEGT and REDD+.

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Improving forest governance through independent monitoring – Moabi-DRC pilot project

This initiative piloted a community-based REDD+ safeguard monitoring system in an area within Maï Ndombe Province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the company...

Maï Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Monitoring Themes
Deforestation drivers
Governance
Wellbeing & social issues
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RuaiSMS: an initiative that links text messaging and local media to report forest incursions in Borneo

RuaiSMS is a non-profit citizen journalist news service. It uses mobile phone text messaging (SMS) as a way for indigenous and rural communities in remote areas of Borneo to disseminate...

West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Monitoring Themes
Deforestation drivers
Land use change
Governance
Policies & measures
Wellbeing & social issues
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The Community Carbon Accounting (CCA) action research project in Indonesia

The Community Carbon Accounting (CCA) Action Research Project in Indonesia is based on the premise that activities to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhance forest...

Semoyo Village (Gunung Kidul District), Terong Village (Bantul District), Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia
Monitoring Themes
Carbon biomass
Ecosystem services
Natural resources