Participatory natural resource management, innovative technologies and methodologies, and livelihood development
Winrock International recognizes that practical approaches to forestry and natural resource management, integrating good
governance with solid applied science and effective capacity building, are key to rural development and poverty alleviation.
Winrock uses diverse tools to achieve results, such as forest co-management and land-use agreements with local communities,
high-resolution aerial images and timber inventories for forest management, capacity building for resource users and
government officers for equitable resource use and management, saleable carbon credit estimates from projects designed to
build incentives for sustainable land use, and alternative income strategies to reduce the pressure on natural resources.
Winrock works in a variety of places, including some of the most fragile areas and in the richest forests on earth.
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The Winrock Advantage
| Supporting Sustainable Forest Management |
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- Providing technical, social and managerial solutions to the challenges of supplying sustainable products in forest-dependent economies.
- Collaborating with communities, private companies, governments and NGOs to improve forest and plantation management.
- Applying innovative technologies for in-depth assessments, planning and consensus-building around critical resource questions.
- Integrating forests, soils, water and biodiversity issues with policy, gender and enterprise development.
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| Promoting Good Governance and Environmental Sustainability |
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- Empowering civil society to adopt democratic self-governance and participate in natural resource decision-making.
- Resolving conflict and adopting resource management strategies through participatory approaches in local areas and fragile states.
- Using innovating tools and approaches to maximize transparency and efficiency in resource management.
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| Improving Livelihoods While Safeguarding the Environment |
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- Stimulating development of natural resource enterprises to link income with resource management.
- Promoting timber and non-timber forest products, farm forestry and ecotourism as incentives for natural resource management.
- Building entrepreneurial skills and business relationships to link local products with global markets to achieve lasting economic security.
- Exploring payment for environmental services and supporting markets for carbon sequestration, watershed protection and biodiversity that provide economic and environmental benefits to local communities.
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