Location
P.O.Box 232
6700 AE Wageningen
The Netherlands
Tropenbos International envisions a future in which forests and trees are used sustainably for the benefit of local people and the global community. By using evidence to make conscious choices and finding the right balance between the needs of all the stakeholders involved, we contribute to sustainable solutions for forested landscapes.
Tropenbos International (TBI) brings the knowledge together to address complex questions regarding sustainable management of forests and trees, organizes interactions with all the stakeholders and actively helps to create broad support.
We started in 1986 as a Dutch non -governmental non-profit organization, in 2017 we became a network of independent member organisations. We work in more than ten countries in the south, through our network of six local members and collaborations with partners elsewhere.
Members:
Resources
Displaying 11 - 15 of 25Use of information maps from Myanmar satellite data
General
Actual and historical thematic information maps for planning and monitoring of activities by Myanmar government and (inter)national stakeholders in various sectors are not available. Satellite data can be used to fill this gap and provide information maps of the whole country, providing needed information of actual situation and changes for various applications in different sectors. The goal of this project is to demonstrate the cost-effective use of satellite data by generating actual and historical thematic information maps for applications in among others water management, agriculture, forestry and land use planning.
Pre-feasibility Scoping Sustainable Territorial Development of Kaback, Guinea
General
Recent dike breakthroughs in Kaback, Guinee led to an emergency situation. Floods have strongly worsened living conditions for local farmers and fishermen. The great agricultural potential of Kaback has largely been left unused and continues to decline because of residents migrating elsewhere and structural damage to the physical system and drinking water provision. A Dutch Risk Reduction mission has delivered an advice for both short-term and long-term measures. The current scoping will lay the foundation for implementation of no-regret measures and will lay the foundation for sustainable territorial development and land use planning of the Kaback region in Guinee through a commonly supported integrated Territorial Development Plan ready for implementation.
Inclusive and sustainable forested landscape management in West Sumatra, West Kalimantan and Central Sulawesi
General
GLA Country Context Analysis: Indonesia accounts for the third largest forest area in the world (ca. 127 million ha), with designated forest lands covering 60% of its land area. Yet it also has one of the highest rates of deforestation globally (around 1.17 million ha per year). To date, economic growth has been sustained through a strategy which builds on the use of Indonesia’s abundant natural resources. Commodities comprise more than half of exports. Agriculture (15%) and mining (12%) are key contributors to the national Gross Domestic Product. Agriculture and forests are vital for livelihoods, and employ more than a third of the working population. Millions of people (33,000 villages) depend on the forest and forest commodities for their livelihood without any recognition of access and/or use of the natural resources. However, in 2015, the government launched an ambitious program targeted at allocating 12.7 million hectares of forests to be managed by communities through social forestry schemes; more than 2.5 million hectares each year. The GLA partners in Indonesia have selected three landscapes which represent the general problems and livelihoods strategies in the country very well: ‘Mudiak Baduo’ in the West Sumatra Province, ‘Gunung Tarak’ in the West Kalimantan Province and ‘Lariang’ in the Central Sulawesi Province. The three landscapes face the following shared issues: (1) a rapid expansion of agro-commodity oil palm and other land-based investments at the expense of forests; (2) tenure insecurity and long arduous bureaucratic procedures for obtaining Social Forestry (SF) permits; (3) uncertainty about what communities will do with their SF permits and how they will use forest environmental services to create better lives; and (4) lack of forest-based sustainable livelihood options surrounding conservation areas which has led to rampant illegal logging and encroachment.
Objectives
GLA Country Theory of Change 2016-2020: The outcomes envisaged by GLA in Indonesia contribute to the three overall conditions for sustainable and inclusive governance of forested landscapes as described in the international ToC for the GLA: (1) security of land tenure/access to land and resources use for local communities, addressed through interventions related to Village Forestry and community participation in the management of plantations; (2) communities and CSOs included in decision making on land use throughout, through collaboration or through access by justice; (3) implementation of nature based approaches to the management of forested landscapes in the implementation of sustainable management of village forests, and of the High Conservation Value (HCV) approach in the spatial planning of land investments. This is to be achieved by strengthening CSO capacities for lobbying and advocacy for (1) equitable and sustainable spatial planning; (2) the application of HCV as the key tool for sustainable production investments and regional development by private sector and government ; (3) sustainable management of oil palm concessions, and sustainable palm oil supply chains; (4) supporting village governments and community groups in equal participation in sustainable agro-industry; and (5) local communities to have a greater involvement in the sustainable management of forest areas.
Other
See attached documents for a brief summary of the Annual plans of the implementing organisation
Burundi elections crisis: Refugees Protection Goods
General
The aim of this project is to better prepare the reintegration of returning refugees and internally displaced persons through the protection of their property, and so contribute to the promotion of peaceful coexistence between resident populations and returning refugees .
Objectives
The project informs community leaders and stimulates them to acknowledge and protect property of refugees. An inventory of the goods of refugees is made and the property is protected. Volunteers and community leaders are trained in peaceful coexistence.
Target Groups
664 leaders of the UC and leaders of the communities Kirundo and Makamba are trained in peaceful coexistence and the peaceful resolution of conflicts. Within those two communities 13 secretaries will be formed to resolve conflicts peacefully.
Land administration Colombia
General
The aim of this project is capacity development in land administration in Colombia. The project is being carried out by Dienst voor het Kadaster en de openbare registers.