The first United Nations Millennium Development Goal has set targets to reduce by half the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by year 2015. Poverty reduction strategies are thus becoming the framework for development planning and implementation, and are the priorities of many donor agencies. The role of forests and forestry towards achieving these targets of poverty reduction are gaining more attention. To further explore the potential of forests and forestry in poverty alleviation, FORSPA FAO and APAFRI organized three inter-linked workshops, investigating how institutions need to retool themselves so as to meet this new agenda, the potential of community forestry, and that of CDM and ecological services. This publication is the compilation of papers presented during one of these three workshops, Forests for Poverty Reduction: Can Community Forestry Make Money? held 1-2 September 2003 in Beijing, China.
