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Community-Based Forestry in the United States

Community-Based Forestry in the United States. a report from the U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities. Community-Based Forestry in the United States. Executive Summary. Purpose. Increase awareness & understanding of CBF. Highlight opportunities for expanding CBF in the US.

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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 Executive Summary

  3. Purpose • Increase awareness & understanding of CBF • Highlight opportunities for expanding CBF in the US

  4. Contents of the Report

  5. A Brief History of CBF in the US • Projects • Initiatives & legislation • Organizations & networks

  6. Status Report • Infrastructure • Impact • Investment

  7. Case Studies & Profiles • Best practices • Emerging trends & issues • Innovations • Diversity of CBF

  8. Survey • Captures & categorizes the range of practices and geography of CBF

  9. Typology • Classifies different approaches to CBF

  10. Database • Initiatives • Support organizations • Networks

  11. Key Issues & Challenges

  12. Key Issues & Challenges • Investment: gaps & strategic targets • Collaboration: the new “business-as-usual” • Access & tenure

  13. Key Issues & Challenges • The role of land trusts and Native/Tribal lands • Capturing value: business infrastructure, markets & raw material

  14. The Next Decade:Critical Objectives for CBF

  15. Critical Objectives for CBF • Increase access to and influence over forest resources & forest management decisions • Build and create access to markets & financial resources

  16. Critical Objectives for CBF • Increase institutional & leadership capacity • Increase engagement of communities of color & marginalized peoples

  17. Critical Objectives for CBF • Make policy frameworks at local, state, & federal levels more supportive and mutually reinforcing • Demonstrate success at achieving environmental goals

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