Biodiversity
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+.
case study
JGI is working with around 1 800 local landowners in Western Uganda to reduce deforestation, promote sustainable livelihoods, train forest monitors, and prepare local communities to benefit from...
Budongo Forest Reserve (Masindi District), Bugoma Forest Reserve (Hoima District), Uganda
Monitoring Themes
Carbon biomass
Wellbeing & social issues
Deforestation drivers
Land use change
Governance
Ecosystem services
case study
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
not case study
This ForestLink initiative developed and tested methods and technologies for community based, real time forest monitoring. It was carried out in the context of the...
Cameroon
Monitoring Themes
Deforestation drivers
Natural resources
Policies & measures
Wellbeing & social issues