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Community Organizations RECOFTC
RECOFTC
RECOFTC
Intergovernmental or Multilateral organization
Non-profit organization
Phone number
Thailand Tel: 66-2-940-5700

Location

Bangkok
Bangkok
Thailand
Postal address
P.O. Box 1111, Kasetsart Post Office Phahonyothin Rd. Bangkok 10903, Thailand
Working languages
English

RECOFTC


RECOFTC is derived from an abbreviated form of the organization's legal name, Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific. Formerly the organization was known as RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests.


 


RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests is an international not-for-profit organization that focuses on capacity building for community forestry in the Asia Pacific region. It advocates for the increased involvement of local communities living in and around forests - some 450 million people in Asia-Pacific - in the equitable and ecologically sustainable management of forest landscapes.


The Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC) opened in Bangkok, Thailand, in March 1987 with support from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the Government of Switzerland (through the Asian Development Bank), and Thailand's Kasetsart University.


 


Community forestry is widely acknowledged as a powerful solution for many of the challenges facing local people and the wider society, especially in improving rural livelihoods, enhancing community governance and empowerment, transforming forest-related conflict, protecting and enhancing the environment, and helping to fight climate change. As a capacity-building organisation, RECOFTC improves the ability of people and organisations to conduct community forestry effectively and sustainably. 


RECOFTC works toward its mission through four thematic areas: 


  • expanding community forestry
  • people, forests and climate change
  • transforming forest conflict
  • securing local livelihoods.

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Resources

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Understanding Women's Participation in Forestry in Nepal

Policy Papers & Briefs
Fevereiro, 2015
Nepal

This brief discusses how gender perspectives are being integrated in Nepal's forest policies, laws and regulations in terms of women's representation, participation, access and decision-making in forest use and management. The brief also highlights the key challenges that prevail and outlines recommendations to promote gender mainstreaming further in forestry.

Understanding Women's Participation in Forestry in Nepal

Policy Papers & Briefs
Fevereiro, 2015
Nepal

This brief discusses how gender perspectives are being integrated in Nepal's forest policies, laws and regulations in terms of women's representation, participation, access and decision-making in forest use and management. The brief also highlights the key challenges that prevail and outlines recommendations to promote gender mainstreaming further in forestry.

A Fair Climate: Gender Equity in Forestry and REDD+ Discussion Guide

Training Resources & Tools
Janeiro, 2015
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Vietnam

To accompany the training video (available here) produced by USAID-funded programs GREEN Mekong and USAID LEAF Asia, a discussion guide is now available for trainers and grassroots facilitators to delve deeper into the gender aspect of social equity in terms of forest-based climate change initiatives, including REDD+. The questions in the guide will help facilitate discussions concerning forest management practices and forest governance in the local and institutional contexts.

A Fair Climate: Gender Equity in Forestry and REDD+ Discussion Guide

Training Resources & Tools
Janeiro, 2015
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Vietnam

To accompany the training video (available here) produced by USAID-funded programs GREEN Mekong and USAID LEAF Asia, a discussion guide is now available for trainers and grassroots facilitators to delve deeper into the gender aspect of social equity in terms of forest-based climate change initiatives, including REDD+. The questions in the guide will help facilitate discussions concerning forest management practices and forest governance in the local and institutional contexts.

Social Forestry and Climate Change in ASEAN: How Can We Address Deforestation and Meet National Targets for Social Forestry

Institutional & promotional materials
Dezembro, 2014
South-Eastern Asia

RECOFTC' s report 'The current status of social forestry in climate change adaptation and mitigation in the ASEAN Region' offers insights on national forestry data and information on forest cover and areas managed by local people for eight ASEAN Countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam. This infographic provides a snapshot of what is presented in the report.