IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature

arborvitae Issue 39

30 April 2009 | Downloads - publication

Forest partnerships

• Amazon: For many of the companies involved, it is the image of partnering with communities that is more important than the product itself.
• Innovation: Partnerships between scientists and practitioners are not working well.
• Forests Dialogue: I’m convinced that partnerships can achieve much by ‘engaging the radical middle’.
• Interview: We haven’t tapped into the real potential of partnerships for forests yet.

• 2 Editorial
• 3 Livelihoods and Landscapes: Mount Elgon, Uganda
• 4-5 Partnerships for equitable forest trade: Corporate-community partnerships in the Amazon; the Union for Ethical BioTrade
• 6-7 Partnerships for learning: a learning network on forest landscape restoration; partnerships for innovation
• 8-9 Feature: Growing forest partnerships
• 10-11 Partnership organizations: Multistakeholder initiatives under fire; Insights from The Forests Dialogue
• 12-14 Partnerships for forest governance: VPAs as partnerships; Strengthening Voices for Better Choices in Brazil; Multistakeholder processes
• 15 Ground rules for forest partnerships
• 16 The interview: Jan McAlpine, Director of UNFF