Community Forestry Programs Provide Ecological and Economic ...

Mpingo Conservation and Development Initiative (MCDI) has so far supported 90 villages across Tanzania to secure legal ownership of their local forests and ...

How the Community Forest Program Works | US Forest Service

Program Basics · Full fee title acquisition is required. · Community Forests can be owned by local governments, tribal governments, and qualified nonprofit ...

Community Forest Program 2024 Funded Projects

The Forest Service partners with local communities to conserve private forestlands as community forests. These investments ensure that forestlands critical to ...

Strengthening Urban and Community Forestry for Multiple Benefits

Urban and community forests provide critical services related to physical and psychological human health, air quality, energy consumption, water quality, fire ...

Community forestry and community well-being in the United States

That community forestry has emerged as a management alternative for creating viable and resilient community, economic and ecological sustainability illustrates ...

Community Forests – NCRP RFFC

By integrating ecological, social, and economic strategies into cohesive approaches to forestry issues, community-based approaches give local residents both the ...

Community Forests: A path to prosperity and connection

This report explores the numerous benefits provided by community forests created through the US Forest Service's Community Forest and Open Space Conservation ...

Urban & Community Forestry - Southern Group of State Foresters

Trees contribute to our health, economic vitality and social well-being. From urban neighborhoods to rural subdivisions, trees play a vital role in our ...

The Social and Environmental Impacts of Community Forestry

The social sustainability of community forestry programs is often linked to their ability to provide income and livelihoods for local communities. By generating ...

Community Forest Program - NACD

Economic benefits such as timber and non-timber products resulting from sustainable forest management and tourism · Environmental benefits, ...

Introduction to Urban and Community Forestry in the United States ...

For example, urban forests in the Atlanta metro area have 29% canopy coverage. These forests provide significant ecological and economic benefits including ...

Community Forestry - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

Community forestry (CF) was set-up in Cameroon about 20 years ago to enable better environmental, economic, and social benefits for communities. Since then, 430 ...

Community Forests Prepare for Climate Change - Eos.org

Community forests that provide numerous ecological, social, and economic benefits are being threatened by ... Program, 2017]. Such impacts ...

Full article: Examining local community socio-economic benefits ...

Additionally, forests offer goods such as food, timber, fuel, and bioproducts and they host areas of high cultural, spiritual, and recreational significance.

the impact of community forestry on the general and specified ...

The shift from state-controlled forests to community forestry was aimed at achieving desired environmental and socio-economic outcomes in the forest management ...

16 USC 2105: Urban and community forestry assistance - U.S. Code

(5) increase public understanding of the energy conservation, economic, social, environmental, and psychological values of trees and open space in urban and ...

Community Forestry: Sustainability and Equity Issues

Overall, community forestry programs have been highly successful at providing a wide range of economic and social benefits to the participating user groups ...

Community Forests: A path to prosperity and connection

In addition to the ecological values protected by this forest, CCF generates numerous benefits for the local economy, from providing essential recreation, ...

Planning the Urban Forest: Ecology, Economy, and Community ...

They reduce stormwater runoff, cool the urban heat island, reduce air pollution, and provide wildlife habitat. Communities can offset the ...

Community Forests Stories Across The Pacific Northwest

Each community tailors their forest management to support their neighbors, bringing ecological, educational, and economic benefits home.