CCMSS

Originally posted on CIFOR’s Forests News. By Tim Trench In Spanish the word for politics and policy is the same – ‘política’ – reminding us that policy is always political. Although in Spanish the adjective ‘pública’ can be added to distinguish the senses that English tries to maintain, it can serve us well to focus […]

The Amanalco Valle Bravo Basin in central Mexico provides vital water and forest resources to millions of people. But recently the land has suffered due to population pressures and unplanned development. CCMSS has built the capacity of 1,500 families of smallholder farmers for sustainable agriculture and forestry management over 15,200 hectares. They also are piloting […]

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” Albert Einstein. By Ivan Zuñiga, Beatriz Zavariz and Paulina Deschamps from the Mexican Civil Council for Sustainable Silviculture (CCMSS). Since 2007, the international community has discussed how REDD+ should be tailored to the particularities of each country with the development of REDD+ […]

New publication by Mexico’s Civil Council for Sustainable Silviculture (CCMSS) released: Review of REDD+ Implementation in Mexico – Analysis of the special programs in REDD+ early action areas. As part of Mexico’s efforts in preparing for REDD+, CONAFOR designed the PEATREDD+ and initiated implementation beginning in 2010, aiming to reduce deforestation and forest ecosystem degradation in […]