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Linking Gender Based Violence, Gendered Forest Governance, and Forest Outcomes
This project will explore the connection between different levels of women’s participation in forest governance and forest outcomes. Gender-based violence emerges as a means by which households and communities discipline women and therefore shape their participation in forest governance, producing different levels of participation. A small number (2-3) case study communities in will be selected…
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Assessment and Scoping of Infrastructure and Extractive Industries in Relation to Deforestation – Part 2
Large-scale infrastructure and extractive industry projects have attracted significant private and public investment, with direct and indirect synergies between them. However, while the effect of roads on deforestation has been widely studied, the extent to which extractive industry affects forest cover and forest-dependent livelihoods is less clear. Although the actual footprint of operations is modest…
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Background Research in Support of NYDF Assessment Report 2020
The New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) is a voluntary and non-binding international declaration calling for action to halt global forest loss. Since it was first endorsed at the United Nations Climate Summit in 2014, support for the NYDF has grown to include national and subnational governments, multinational companies, indigenous organizations, and nongovernmental organizations around…
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Analysis of the Potential Social and Environmental Impacts of the Chancay Mega-Port and Large-scale Landscape Change in the Peruvian Amazon
The proposed development of the US$ 3.6 billion Chancay Multipurpose Port Project in Peru will establish the largest, deep-water port on South America’s Pacific Coast. This new mega-port will generate impacts in the surrounding city and adjacent areas due to increased economic activity. However, it is the capacity of the port to move massive amounts…
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