Study Tours

The Society for the Promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD) supported an Indian journalist’s travel to Mexico to learn about community forestry. During his trip he spoke to several government and civil society representatives and participated in the 2014 Next Generation of Forest Agency Leaders seminar. His research findings were published as a cover story in the Down to […]

As the government of Lao PDR is revising its policies and laws on land and natural resources, eight official representatives participated in a study tour from october 8-12, 2012 to learn from Mexico’s experience in tenure reform and forest management. The tour was organized by the Rights and Resources Initiative, with the support of the […]

The Environmental Economics Program in China (EEPC) of Peking University and the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), jointly organized a study tour for the delegation of the Chinese Society of Forestry Economics (CSFE) in the USA from April 30 to May 4, 2012. The objective of this study tour was to learn from the experiences […]

On April 18-25, 2010, a delegation from Nepal participated in an exchange to learn about Mexico’s experience in community forestry with the support of the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and the National Forestry Commission of Mexico. Six Nepalese from the government and the Federation of community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN) were accompanied by three […]

In 2009, a delegation of the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry participated in a study tour in Brazil to learn about the Amazon Fund.