What role do multi-stakeholder dialogues play in forest governance reform?
13 October 2009 | News – News story $().ready(function(){ $(“.commenting”).addCommenting({ corePath: rootCore, langID: 1 }); $(“#topComment”).click(function(){ $(“.comment-list”).addClass(‘show’).prev(“a.toggle”).addClass(‘open’); }); $(“#topForm”).click(function(){ $(“.comment-form”).addClass(‘show’).prev(“a.toggle”).addClass(‘open’); }); }); IUCN has just published the results from an interactive discussion organised by the Strengthening Voices for Better Choices (SVBC) project at Chatham House in London, June 2009. Effective forest governance is essential for equitable and sustainable forest management. Which is why, over the past four-and-a-half years, IUCN and its partners implemented SVBC, a project funded largely by the European Union as part of its ongoing efforts to combat illegal logging. The project focused on bringing governments, civil societies and businesses together to discuss needs, build capacity, share information and implement jointly agreed upon solutions to improv