Forest Connect

Linking SMFEs to each other, markets, service providers & decision makers

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Where members are from on this Forest Connect site - N.B. Forest Connect partner countries include Burkina Faso, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Lao PDR, Mozambique and Nepal

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Blog Posts

Vacancy at IIED for Senior Researcher in Forestry

Posted by Nicole Armitage on 8th August 2008 at 11:40am — No Comments (Add)

Report from international Forest Connect workshop, 2-4 July 2008, Edinburgh, Scotland

Posted by Duncan Macqueen on 17th July 2008 at 10:46am — No Comments (Add)

Making small enterprises work better for social justice in forestry - Report of a learning event in Bhopal, India, 4-7 December 2007

Posted by Duncan Macqueen on 17th July 2008 at 10:43am — No Comments (Add)

SMFE Diagnostic Study in Burkina Faso, English version

Posted by Yarri Kamara on 20th June 2008 at 4:09pm — No Comments (Add)

Announcement - First International Forest Connect Workshop: 2-4 July 2008, Edinburgh UK.

Posted by Duncan Macqueen on 16th June 2008 at 10:30am — 3 Comments (Add)

Useful reports

Credit Association Training Manual

Savings Group: Save a Little, Save a Lot

Village Savings and Loan Associations

Simple Book-keeping and Business Management Skills

Manage Your Business Money – Facilitator Manual

Talking about money - Explaining cash flow and savings

NSAC Financial management manual

NSAC Record keeping manual

NSAC Group formation and strengthening manual

NSAC Marketing manual

Advice Manual for the Organisation of Collective Marketing Activities by Small-Scale Farmers

Helping Small Farmers Think About Better Growing and Marketing

The Inter Group Resource Book - Section 4

The Inter Group Resource Book - Section 3

The Inter Group Resource Book - Section 2

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Welcome to the FOREST CONNECT networking site

Hello! Please use this site to share: news about Small and Medium Forest Enterprises (SMFEs) in your country, tools and tactics that have worked to improve the prospects for SMFEs, recent documents that others might find useful, and upcoming meetings or training events. Please do upload photos but only if they refer to small forest enterprise work (no personal or institutional adverts please). If you have any comments or queries please do contact Duncan Macqueen.

Forums or Blogs - which should you use?

Please use the Forums when you want to start a discussion but please ensure that it concerns SMFEs. Use the Blogs when you want to announce something (such as a new report, tool or training opportunity) or just want to share your thoughts. Blogs allow you to upload a file and preview your message before you post it. Both options allow users to comment. If you want to upload a document to the background database of useful reports or useful links - please send it to duncan.macqueen@iied.org.

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Linking Community Forest Enterprises to investors

As we all know, one of the key constraints for CFEs is access to finance. Banks are reluctant to lend into an often risky sector, and investors are put off by the long term returns and complicated ...

Tagged: finance, investment, enterprise, forest, community

Started by Dominic Elson 18 Aug

Recommendations on good training manuals for teaching basic business skills? 4 Replies

What are the best simple training manuals for running a small business? The Ethiopian State Forest Enterprise Supervising Agency together with Farm Africa / SOS Sahel Bale Eco-Region Sustainable Ma...

Started by Duncan Macqueen. Last reply by Ambrose Bugaari 18 Jul.

Forest Preservation 1 Reply

Please check out www.forestlease.com where you can lease prime forest land and keep it undeveloped. It is a great idea but it seems they need help getting the word out.

Tagged: forest, conservation, preservation

Started by Fred. Last reply by Duncan Macqueen 16 Jun.

Do governments give community forest enterprises a fair deal? 4 Replies

Forest Departments typically allocate forest resources in large concessions. But there is increasing evidence that this model niether leads to sustainable forest management nor poverty reduction. T...

Started by Duncan Macqueen. Last reply by Ambrose Bugaari 8 May.