S T A K E H O L D E R T O O L K I T

The Stakeholder Toolkit is a directory of guidance documents and institutional partners designed to assist government entities at various levels in managing forests. It categorizes resources by their utility for national versus local governments, highlighting tools for gender analysis, poverty alleviation, and jurisdictional sustainability. The toolkit also lists key global forums and organizations, such as the UN Forum on Forests and the Global Environmental Facility, that provide funding, research, and policy frameworks for forest conservation and sustainable development.

• The toolkit identifies specific resources for national governments to improve forest governance, including the FAO's 2013 guide on forest tenure and 2018 voluntary guidelines for making tropical forest concessions work for the 2030 Agenda.
• For governments with limited experience in gender analysis, the toolkit recommends a PROFOR list of 15 tools focusing on the intersection of forest governance, poverty, and gender, specifically noting that tools 4, 6, 12, and 13 are designed for those unfamiliar with these concepts.
• The document highlights jurisdictional sustainability approaches, referencing a 2018 synthesis report covering 39 tropical subnational jurisdictions and a 2020 series of charts explaining the theory of change for these approaches.
• The toolkit lists several international support mechanisms, including the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), which operates the Sustainable Forest Management Impact Program for biomes like the Amazon and Congo Basin, and the FOLUR program involving 27 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
• Local government support is facilitated through networks such as ICLEI, which comprises over 2,500 local and regional governments, and the Jurisdictional Exchange Network, an initiative of the Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA).

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2023). S T A K E H O L D E R T O O L K I T. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Government-Stakeholder-Toolkit-3.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. S T A K E H O L D E R T O O L K I T. 2023. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Government-Stakeholder-Toolkit-3.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2023, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{S T A K E H O L D E R T O O L K I T}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2023}, month = mar, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Government-Stakeholder-Toolkit-3.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }