NORDECO in collaboration with partners in Russia and Lithuania starts implementation of a project to promote use of local knowledge in management of natural resources in the Northwestern Arctic Russia. The project is implemented in artic reindeer husbandry communities and the aim is to document and build capacity in how local communities can monitor and manage the natural resources that they are depending on. It builds democratic participation and promotes dialogues between s

After 2 ½ year implementation the Cambodian Farmland Carbon (CAFACA) project, funded by Nordic Climate Facility, formally ended. It has succeeded in providing substantial climate mitigation through planting of local, useful trees as organised by community-based associations and local authorities. It has further developed tourism in association with the field activities. The co-benefits from the tree planting are very substantial and may amount, as they accumulate over the com