CIFOR co-coordinator Iliana Monterroso calls in from Guatamala City to talk about women and land rights, a new infobrief "Gender and formalization of native communities in the Peruvian Amazon," and the way forward.

Link to infobrief: https://www.cifor.org/library/7108/

An interactive radio talk show was held on 18th December at 8:00-9:00 pm through a vernacular radio station, Chamgei FM, which is part of Royal Media Services. The purpose of the radio talk show was to disseminate key findings of the research dimensions of the Water Towers project and to also discuss the practical dimensions, including benefits and challenges, of joint forest and water governance. The radio talk show involved three resource persons—Sylvia Rotich (CIFOR intern), Alfred Soi (Chairman, Londiani Forest Community Forestry Association) and William Koros (Chairman, Itare-Chemosit Water Resource Users Association).

Excerpt from 'Exodus of Burkinabe Herders’, aired on RTB (Magazine la Terre Notre Richesse), 18 January 2018, and 'Land for Transhumant Herders’, aired on RTB (Rendez-vous de la Redaction), 18 March 2018

Excerpt from 'Exodus of Burkinabe Herders’, aired on RTB (Magazine la Terre Notre Richesse), 18 January 2018, and 'Land for Transhumant Herders’, aired on RTB (Rendez-vous de la Redaction), 18 March 2018

Excerpt from 'Migrations and Natural Resource Management’, aired on RTB (Chronique Environnement), 7 April 2018

Excerpt from 'Exodus of Burkinabe Herders’, aired on RTB (Magazine la Terre Notre Richesse), 18 January 2018, and 'Land for Transhumant Herders’, aired on RTB (Rendez-vous de la Redaction), 18 March 2018

Lampung Province's experience in implementing forest tenure reform or Social Forestry (SF) program was discussed interactively through radio broadcast of RRI Pro 3 FM Bandarlampung, on 12 November 2017 at 19.30 - 20.00pm. The resource persons on the dialogue were Mr. Ir.Syaiful Bachri, MM (Head of Lampung Forestry Office), Ir. Warsito, MM (Working Group of Social Forestry Lampung), Ir Edi Kariza (WATALA), Dr. Tuti Herawati and Nining Liswanti (CIFOR's Global Comparative Study on Tenure Team).

Ir.Syaiful Bachri stated that Lampung is a pioneer in the implementation of Social Forestry program in Indonesia, with progress of 184,000 ha of forest managed legally by 110,000 families. Social Forestry is a solution for better forest management as the philosophy of SF is cooperation between government in granting legitimate rights to community in managing forest land, and in the other hand the community helps government in rehabilitating and preserving forest area. The analysis of CIFOR's research team as described by Tuti Herawati indicates that Social Forestry program has a positive impact on the community's livelihood, since SF is main source of family income. Ecologically, SF in Lampung also has indicated a positive contribution in terms of increasing the amount of forest cover.

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