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

Kyoto: Think Global, Act Local (K:TGAL) - community forest monitoring in 30 locations around the world

The ‘Kyoto: Think Global, Act Local’ (K:TGAL) project trialled community-based forest monitoring in 30 sites in 7 countries between 2003 and 2009. It developed and tested a methodology and survey...

Guinea Bissau, India, Mali, Mexico, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Senegal and Tanzania
Monitoring Themes
Carbon biomass
Governance
Deforestation drivers
Land use change