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Communities, Commerce, and the Bioeconomy: Innovations to Sustain the World’s Forests The twelfth meeting of MegaFlorestais was held in Vancouver and on Quadra island, in British Columbia, Canada, on October 15-20, 2017 and co-hosted by the Canadian Forest Service-Natural Resources Canada, the Rights and Resources Initiative, and the Province of British Columbia. Delegations from the following […]

MegaFlorestais, an informal network of public forest agency leaders, was founded in 2005 and has met annually since. It has played an important role in accelerating sharing and learning between forest agencies over the last 11 years. This strategy is built upon the MegaFlorestais assessment of 2014, a 2016 brainstorming meeting to craft a new […]

This November, two pieces of good news have come from Brazilian communities that are working with the sustainable management of their forests. The Bailique Archipelago communities, in the State of Amapá, at the mouth of the Amazon River, have recently been visited by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for an evaluation of how they manage […]

Amid political turmoil in Brazil, what will become of indigenous rights? What can Indigenous Peoples in Brazil expect from these times of rapid political change and constant turmoil? Is it possible that the new interim government will reverse the damaging trends of the previous government – now removed from power, waiting for an impeachment trial? […]

Public Forest Reform and Green Growth Post-Paris The eleventh meeting of MegaFlorestais was held in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, on April 19-22, 2016, and co-hosted by the State Forestry Administration of China and the Rights and Resources Initiative, in collaboration with the US Forest Service and the European Forestry Institute. Delegations of the following countries attended […]

Just over a decade ago, several forest agency leaders from around the world met in Beijing, China at a conference convened by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), the State Forestry Administration (SFA) of China and the Chinese Center for Agriculture Policy (CCAP). As leaders—from Brazil, China, Mexico and the USA—, we reflected on how […]

Authors: Jim Smyle (former Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist at the World Bank), Sally Collins (former Associate Chief of the United States Forest Service and MegaFlorestais Co-Chair), and Claire Biason (MegaFlorestais coordinator, Rights and Resources Initiative) This brief is directed towards public forest sector policy and decision makers involved with the regulation and oversight of […]

Side event on “Driving Change in Forest Governance: Public Forest Agencies in the Twenty-First Century” Date: September 8, 2015 | 18:15-19:30 Location: Durban, South Africa Organizers: MegaFlorestais, Rights and Resources Initiative, FAO Background Governing the world’s forests today is not the same as in the early 20th century, or even a few years ago. In […]

  On July 20-24, 2015, Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and the National Forestry Commission of Mexico (CONAFOR), in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the European Forest Institute (EFI) hosted the sixth Next Generation of Forest Agency Leaders seminar. The gathering convened 19 forest leaders from 9 countries (Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, […]