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Empowering Communities through Community-Based Forestry in the United States

This report from the U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities explores Community-Based Forestry (CBF) as a vital approach for managing forested landscapes for the benefit of local communities. CBF practices involve community organizing, forest stewardship, and fostering community-owned forests across 43 states, covering 4.5 million acres. The report highlights the core values of retention, restoration, and equitable access, while emphasizing collaboration as essential for local capacity and improved governance. By valuing social and ecological interconnectedness, CBF initiatives enhance livelihoods and promote sustainable forest management.

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Empowering Communities through Community-Based Forestry in the United States

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  1. Community-Based Forestryin theUnited States a report from the U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities

  2. Community-Based Forestryin theUnited States What is Community-Based Forestry?

  3. What is CBF? • The management of forested landscapes for community benefit.

  4. What is CBF? • "village-level forestry”Martel & Whyte, 1992

  5. What is CBF? • "Community forestry…reflect[s] Abraham Lincoln's view of democracy: government of the people, by the people, for the people." J. Burley, Oxford Forestry Institute

  6. What Does CBF Look Like? • Community organizing • Forest stewardship • Forest-related businesses • Community-owned forests: 4.5 million acres in 43 states

  7. CBF Around the World • Nearly ¼ of all people depend directly on forests for their livelihood • 25% of forests in the developing world are owned or managed by communities & indigenous peoples. • Communities invest more than $2.5 billion of their own money + labor in forests—more than twice the amount invested by international organizations.

  8. Core Values • Retention, restoration & management of forested ecosystems • Tenure rights & access to the benefits of forests

  9. Core Values • Equity in distribution of benefits & value streams from forests • Inclusive & participatory decision-making in management of forests

  10. Collaboration: The Foundation of CBF • Inspires creativity • Improves project design +outcomes • Helps leverage diverse financial and technical resources • Improves local governance • Lays foundation for more complex and larger-scale projects

  11. CBF Initiatives… • Integrate local livelihoods & sustainable forest management • Acknowledge that social & ecological goals are interconnected • Build on bonds to place

  12. CBF Initiatives… • Engage diverse groups • Enhance local capacity • Promote social and environmental health

  13. Reemergence in 1990s • Globalization • Changing forest policies & forest industry • Shifting land ownership patterns & demographics • Impacts of past forest management practices

  14. Results • Restoration & conservation of forest ecosystems • Access to benefits from public lands by forested communities • Acquisition of forestland by communities

  15. Results • Creation of value streams from forests • Strong infrastructure for forest-based economic activity • Common ground, civic capacity & policy frameworks

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