Carbon biomass
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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Community involvement and participatory monitoring have been advocated as important sources of information for REDD+....
Indonesia, Laos, Viet Nam and China
Monitoring Themes
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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 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
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The Amarakaeri Communal Reserve was established in 2002 to protect the headwaters of the Eori/Madre de Dios and Karene/Colorado rivers, and to secure the quality of the natural environment for the...
Madre de Dios Region, Manu Province, Peru
Monitoring Themes
Deforestation drivers
Land use change