Charcoal production in Kenya and Zambia has traditionally been informal, particularly in poor rural communities with few or no other income-generating options. But in recent years charcoal producers have organized into associations, improved kilns, initiated tree planting and regeneration activities.

The conference will bring together stakeholders in the commercial forestry sector to discuss Commercial Forestry Investment for Wealth Creation, Enhancing Manufacturing, Food Security, Health and attainment of 10% tree cover in Kenya.

The objective of the conference is to promote understanding and sharing of knowledge, good practices and solutions among and between scholars, practitioners, private sector and policy makers on sustainable and equitable wood fuel value chains and to advocate and explore strategies for their scaling-up.

Join this interactive session to discuss why and how local organisational and associational capability is fundamental for nature based solutions to be sustained. This is a virtual event as part of the Development & Climate Days.

Watch this event led by the Rainforest Alliance and IIED with case studies of responsible forest management and productive forest restoration conducted by local communities or Indigenous Peoples. Hear what is needed to scale up the support to community forests.