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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
Contents of the Report
A Brief History of
CBF in the US
• Projects
• Initiatives & legislation
• Organizations &
networks
Status Report
• Infrastructure
• Impact
• Investment
Case Studies & Profiles
• Best practices
• Emerging trends & issues
• Innovations
• Diversity of CBF
Survey
• Captures & categorizes
the range of practices
and geography of CBF
Typology
• Classifies different
approaches to CBF
Database
• Initiatives
• Support organizations
• Networks
Key Issues & Challenges
Key Issues & Challenges
• Investment: gaps &
strategic targets
• Collaboration: the new
“business-as-usual”
• Access & tenure
Key Issues & Challenges
• The role of land trusts and
Native/Tribal lands
• Capturing value: business
infrastructure, markets
& raw material
The Next Decade:
Critical Objectives for CBF
Critical Objectives for CBF
• Increase access to and
influence over forest
resources & forest
management decisions
• Build and create access to
markets & financial
resources
Critical Objectives for CBF
• Increase institutional &
leadership capacity
• Increase engagement of
communities of color &
marginalized peoples
Critical Objectives for CBF
• Make policy frameworks at
local, state, & federal levels
more supportive and mutually
reinforcing
• Demonstrate success at
achieving environmental
goals