Improving Livelihoods and Fighting Climate Change in Kenya … The cornerstones of this project were to raise the livelihoods of marginalised communities and, at the same time, contribute to the stabilisation of greenhouse gas emissions on a global …

New training turns EUTR due diligence to timber trade advantage … New knowledge, tools and free training in 12 EU countries- The initiative, "Increasing Awareness and Capacity to Support Effective Implementation of the EU Timber Regulation” under the …

Filling the FLEGT information gap … This project aimed to take the amounts of forest legality-related information that have been generated by Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) processes as well as other sources, and present it in a format that …

Diagnosis and Regulatory Assessment of the Value Chains for Forest Product Enterprises in the Mekong Subregion … This project aimed to foster private and public engagement in forest sector governance and legal forest management in the Mekong Subregion, to …

Delivering social and environmental benefits by involving communities in the FSC system … We conducted an analysis of existing practices that could be applied to FSC Forest Management certification in order to ensure that the FSC system is accessible to …

Improving rural livelihoods through wood from sustainable sources … The project strives to support sustainable livelihoods of 6,000 poor and low income rural farmers in the Quang Tri province of Vietnam, and to improve access to affordable and clean …

… by Nature believes that our active participation in standards development allows us to remain well informed and … FSC and – in this case – the FSC national forest management standard for Indonesia. Furthermore, Preferred by Nature is … the smallholders.   … Testing Indonesian National FSC standard … The purpose of this project was to test the …

… Reporting for Palm Oil Companies … The aim of this project was to develop online capacity-building tools to …

The challenge  Forest governance is a crucial challenge in the Mekong region. Several initiatives are supporting local forest communities, while at the same time trying to address illegal logging, deforestation and forest degradation, rural poverty, and …

Supporting Forest Owners in Romania to Become FSC Certified … The overall aim of this project was to support sustainable forestry in Romania. It supported community and private forests in achieving sustainable forest management in NW, West and Central …

The challenge The audit of the LAS must reassure operators and authorities of the fact that the FLEGT licences issued are based on a strong and reliable LAS and comply with the commitments made under the VPA. This assurance gave the FLEGT licences …

… Capacity Building in Sustainable Forest Management and Certification … This project aims to build and strengthen …

Despite strong efforts to raise barriers against the flow of illegal timber, the EU remain a significant destination for the global trade in illegally harvested wood.  With the support of the EU LIFE Programme, stakeholders in Italy, France, Belgium, …

… Study on Certification and Verification Schemes in the Forest Sector … Commission (EC) to carry out a study titled “Study on Certification and Verification Schemes in the Forest Sector …

Developing background analyses for Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) support project in Cameroon, Laos and Vietnam … The Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has commissioned Preferred by Nature to provide background analyses of …

Capacity building of Vietnam's timber industry … The Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has commissioned Preferred by Nature to provide background analyses of timber trade for ten main supplier countries to …

Styrkelse af indonesiske risfarmere med bæredygtige praksisser for forbedring af levebrød … Globalt set er 20 millioner hektar rismarker er udsat for oversvømmelser; andre 20 millioner hektar er udsat for tørke. Risdyrkning bruger 40% af verdens …

Rice is the staple food for more than half of the world’s population. Over in Indonesia, rice is one of the most important agricultural crops. Nearly 60% of the country’s total rice production comes from Java alone. However, producing this popular food …

Indonēzijas rīsu audzētāju pilnvarošana izmantot ilgtspējīgu praksi labākai iztikai … Visā pasaulē 20 miljoni hektāru rīsu lauku ir pakļauti plūdiem, bet vēl 20 miljoni hektāru ir jutīgi pret sausumu. Rīsu audzēšanai tiek izmantoti 40 % pasaules …

Strengthening the capacity for timber actors in Rwanda … Preferred by Nature delivered a 3-day workshop to build the capacity of Rwanda’s timber actors on timber legality and certifications. The training program was developed to introduce the concept of …