Communities that are willing to involve themselves in sustainable forest management must receive greater economic benefits from conserving forests than from degrading them.
For this reason Alarachi Forest Trust supports New Product Development in our work with the community of Padcaya, a forest-adjacent community to Alarachi where livelihoods are limited and insecure, and where forest management regimes have long denied communities legitimate opportunities to use forest resources for their own economic gain.
Our range of initiatives involve the development of forest-based markets and enterprises, and the promotion of local alternatives to forest-based sources of income and subsistence.
Currently we are involved in early stage enterprise development in:
- honey
- flower essence