Poverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit : Overview and National Level Engagement

Over the past few years there has been a growing interest in the role that forests play in supporting the poor, in reducing their vulnerability to economic and environmental shocks, and in reducing poverty itself. International workshops in Italy,...

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Format: Economic & Sector Work
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16561348/poverty-forests-linkages-toolkit-overview-national-level-engagement
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topic AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURE
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
CAPACITY OF FORESTS
CASH INCOME
CATCHMENT
CHRONICALLY POOR
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COLLECTION SYSTEMS
COMMUNITY FOREST
COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT
COMMUNITY FORESTRY
DEFORESTATION
DEFORESTATION RATE
DIMENSIONAL NATURE OF POVERTY
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
FODDER
FOOD AVAILABILITY
FOOD BASKET
FOOD SECURITY
FOREST
FOREST ACCESS
FOREST AREA
FOREST AREAS
FOREST CONTROL
FOREST COVER
FOREST DATA
FOREST DEGRADATION
FOREST DEVELOPMENT
FOREST INVENTORIES
FOREST LAWS
FOREST LEGISLATION
FOREST LOSS
FOREST MANAGEMENT
FOREST MANAGERS
FOREST PRODUCT
FOREST PRODUCTS
FOREST RESEARCH
FOREST RESOURCE
FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
FOREST RESOURCES
FOREST SECTOR
FOREST SERVICES
FOREST STAKEHOLDERS
FOREST TYPES
FOREST USE
FOREST UTILISATION
FORESTERS
FORESTRY COMMISSION
FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
FORESTRY INSTITUTIONS
FORESTRY MINISTRIES
FORESTRY PERSONNEL
FORESTRY PROGRAM
FORESTRY PROGRAMS
FORESTS
FORM OF POVERTY
GLOBAL POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME POVERTY
INDICATORS FOR POVERTY
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
LACK OF INFORMATION
LAND USE
LOCAL FOREST PRODUCTS
NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAM
NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAMS
NATIONAL FORESTRY
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUTRITION
PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS
PLANTING
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POOR WOMEN
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY DATA
POVERTY INCREASE
POVERTY INDICATORS
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY MAPS
POVERTY MONITORING SYSTEM
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS
QUALITY OF LIFE
REDUCTION OF INCOME
REDUCTION OF POVERTY
REFORESTATION
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION
REGIONAL OFFICE
REGIONAL TRAINING
REGIONAL WORKSHOP
REMOTE AREAS
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL HOUSEHOLD
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL INCOMES
RURAL LIVELIHOODS
RURAL PEOPLE
RURAL PEOPLES
RURAL POOR
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SUBSISTENCE
SUSTAINABLE FOREST
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
TIMBER
TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS
TIMBER PRODUCTION
TIMBER SALES
TREES
TROPICAL FORESTRY
TROPICAL FORESTRY RESEARCH
TROPICAL FORESTS
UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY
VEGETABLES
VILLAGE LEVEL
WAR
WILDLIFE
WOODLAND
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURE
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
CAPACITY OF FORESTS
CASH INCOME
CATCHMENT
CHRONICALLY POOR
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COLLECTION SYSTEMS
COMMUNITY FOREST
COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT
COMMUNITY FORESTRY
DEFORESTATION
DEFORESTATION RATE
DIMENSIONAL NATURE OF POVERTY
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
FODDER
FOOD AVAILABILITY
FOOD BASKET
FOOD SECURITY
FOREST
FOREST ACCESS
FOREST AREA
FOREST AREAS
FOREST CONTROL
FOREST COVER
FOREST DATA
FOREST DEGRADATION
FOREST DEVELOPMENT
FOREST INVENTORIES
FOREST LAWS
FOREST LEGISLATION
FOREST LOSS
FOREST MANAGEMENT
FOREST MANAGERS
FOREST PRODUCT
FOREST PRODUCTS
FOREST RESEARCH
FOREST RESOURCE
FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
FOREST RESOURCES
FOREST SECTOR
FOREST SERVICES
FOREST STAKEHOLDERS
FOREST TYPES
FOREST USE
FOREST UTILISATION
FORESTERS
FORESTRY COMMISSION
FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
FORESTRY INSTITUTIONS
FORESTRY MINISTRIES
FORESTRY PERSONNEL
FORESTRY PROGRAM
FORESTRY PROGRAMS
FORESTS
FORM OF POVERTY
GLOBAL POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME POVERTY
INDICATORS FOR POVERTY
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
LACK OF INFORMATION
LAND USE
LOCAL FOREST PRODUCTS
NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAM
NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAMS
NATIONAL FORESTRY
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUTRITION
PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS
PLANTING
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POOR WOMEN
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY DATA
POVERTY INCREASE
POVERTY INDICATORS
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY MAPS
POVERTY MONITORING SYSTEM
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS
QUALITY OF LIFE
REDUCTION OF INCOME
REDUCTION OF POVERTY
REFORESTATION
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION
REGIONAL OFFICE
REGIONAL TRAINING
REGIONAL WORKSHOP
REMOTE AREAS
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL HOUSEHOLD
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL INCOMES
RURAL LIVELIHOODS
RURAL PEOPLE
RURAL PEOPLES
RURAL POOR
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SUBSISTENCE
SUSTAINABLE FOREST
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
TIMBER
TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS
TIMBER PRODUCTION
TIMBER SALES
TREES
TROPICAL FORESTRY
TROPICAL FORESTRY RESEARCH
TROPICAL FORESTS
UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY
VEGETABLES
VILLAGE LEVEL
WAR
WILDLIFE
WOODLAND
PROFOR
Poverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit : Overview and National Level Engagement
description Over the past few years there has been a growing interest in the role that forests play in supporting the poor, in reducing their vulnerability to economic and environmental shocks, and in reducing poverty itself. International workshops in Italy, Scotland, Finland and Germany have focused on the contribution of forests to livelihoods and the policies needed to strengthen that contribution. At the same time, Forestry Ministries, though they are now beginning to feel challenged to demonstrate the ways in which forests contribute to poverty reduction, are for the most part moving only slowly to collect new kinds of data to meet this challenge. There are two main reasons why the role of forests in poverty reduction has not so far been reflected in any significant way in either national level Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) processes or in national forest programs (NFPS). First, most countries have little data available to illustrate how forests contribute to the livelihoods of poor households. Second, the data that does exist rarely gets presented in ways that are meaningful to those designing PRSPs and NFPS. On the poverty side, there is a tendency to underestimate the contribution of forests and off farm natural resources in general, to livelihoods. On the forestry side, reporting is typically in terms of the physical resource (trees planted, forest cover improved, timber sold) rather than livelihoods, with the sole exception of recording the number of people formally employed in the forest sector. Such reporting sheds no light on the contributions made by forests to the lives of the poor. Their previous experience of data collection has not prepared them for this. The objective of the partnership was four-fold: first, to devise a rapid methodology for appraising forest-livelihood linkages from field exercises; second, to undertake more extended research through a series of case studies in six countries; and third, and most importantly, the objective was to devise ways by which locally gathered data could enrich national level and in due course national level processes such as PRSPs (Poverty Reduction Strategy Processes) and NFPS. Finally, the availability of this data would better equip countries for international country reporting on forests, and for participation in the international dialogue on forests. This toolkit is the key product from the partnership. It has been tested in Indonesia, Tanzania, Cameroon, Ghana, Madagascar and Uganda, with the help of external agencies. It is also worth noting that as the toolkit methodology is directed at strengthening the 'voice of the poor' in national policy debates it has relevance to other policy processes beyond poverty reduction.
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author PROFOR
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title Poverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit : Overview and National Level Engagement
title_short Poverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit : Overview and National Level Engagement
title_full Poverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit : Overview and National Level Engagement
title_fullStr Poverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit : Overview and National Level Engagement
title_full_unstemmed Poverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit : Overview and National Level Engagement
title_sort poverty-forests linkages toolkit : overview and national level engagement
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16561348/poverty-forests-linkages-toolkit-overview-national-level-engagement
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12618
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spelling okr-10986-126182021-04-23T14:03:05Z Poverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit : Overview and National Level Engagement PROFOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CAPACITY OF FORESTS CASH INCOME CATCHMENT CHRONICALLY POOR CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COLLECTION SYSTEMS COMMUNITY FOREST COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY FORESTRY DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION RATE DIMENSIONAL NATURE OF POVERTY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FODDER FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD BASKET FOOD SECURITY FOREST FOREST ACCESS FOREST AREA FOREST AREAS FOREST CONTROL FOREST COVER FOREST DATA FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST DEVELOPMENT FOREST INVENTORIES FOREST LAWS FOREST LEGISLATION FOREST LOSS FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST MANAGERS FOREST PRODUCT FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST RESEARCH FOREST RESOURCE FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT FOREST RESOURCES FOREST SECTOR FOREST SERVICES FOREST STAKEHOLDERS FOREST TYPES FOREST USE FOREST UTILISATION FORESTERS FORESTRY COMMISSION FORESTRY DEPARTMENT FORESTRY INSTITUTIONS FORESTRY MINISTRIES FORESTRY PERSONNEL FORESTRY PROGRAM FORESTRY PROGRAMS FORESTS FORM OF POVERTY GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME POVERTY INDICATORS FOR POVERTY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY LACK OF INFORMATION LAND USE LOCAL FOREST PRODUCTS NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAM NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAMS NATIONAL FORESTRY NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRITION PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PLANTING POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR WOMEN POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY DATA POVERTY INCREASE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MONITORING SYSTEM POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS QUALITY OF LIFE REDUCTION OF INCOME REDUCTION OF POVERTY REFORESTATION REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION REGIONAL OFFICE REGIONAL TRAINING REGIONAL WORKSHOP REMOTE AREAS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOMES RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL PEOPLE RURAL PEOPLES RURAL POOR SOCIAL PROTECTION SUBSISTENCE SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT TIMBER TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS TIMBER PRODUCTION TIMBER SALES TREES TROPICAL FORESTRY TROPICAL FORESTRY RESEARCH TROPICAL FORESTS UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY VEGETABLES VILLAGE LEVEL WAR WILDLIFE WOODLAND Over the past few years there has been a growing interest in the role that forests play in supporting the poor, in reducing their vulnerability to economic and environmental shocks, and in reducing poverty itself. International workshops in Italy, Scotland, Finland and Germany have focused on the contribution of forests to livelihoods and the policies needed to strengthen that contribution. At the same time, Forestry Ministries, though they are now beginning to feel challenged to demonstrate the ways in which forests contribute to poverty reduction, are for the most part moving only slowly to collect new kinds of data to meet this challenge. There are two main reasons why the role of forests in poverty reduction has not so far been reflected in any significant way in either national level Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) processes or in national forest programs (NFPS). First, most countries have little data available to illustrate how forests contribute to the livelihoods of poor households. Second, the data that does exist rarely gets presented in ways that are meaningful to those designing PRSPs and NFPS. On the poverty side, there is a tendency to underestimate the contribution of forests and off farm natural resources in general, to livelihoods. On the forestry side, reporting is typically in terms of the physical resource (trees planted, forest cover improved, timber sold) rather than livelihoods, with the sole exception of recording the number of people formally employed in the forest sector. Such reporting sheds no light on the contributions made by forests to the lives of the poor. Their previous experience of data collection has not prepared them for this. The objective of the partnership was four-fold: first, to devise a rapid methodology for appraising forest-livelihood linkages from field exercises; second, to undertake more extended research through a series of case studies in six countries; and third, and most importantly, the objective was to devise ways by which locally gathered data could enrich national level and in due course national level processes such as PRSPs (Poverty Reduction Strategy Processes) and NFPS. Finally, the availability of this data would better equip countries for international country reporting on forests, and for participation in the international dialogue on forests. This toolkit is the key product from the partnership. It has been tested in Indonesia, Tanzania, Cameroon, Ghana, Madagascar and Uganda, with the help of external agencies. It is also worth noting that as the toolkit methodology is directed at strengthening the 'voice of the poor' in national policy debates it has relevance to other policy processes beyond poverty reduction. 2013-03-11T15:19:36Z 2013-03-11T15:19:36Z 2012 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16561348/poverty-forests-linkages-toolkit-overview-national-level-engagement http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12618 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study