1.      Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Livelihoods 

ForestAction’s approach to working in Natural Resource Management (NRM) involves both promoting the collective management of the common property resources (CPR) and also supporting selected households to realize livelihood improvements. Thus, we have focused our activities on community-based resource management and enterprise development.

2.      Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security

To achieve the goal of quality food for all by strengthening sustainable farming practices, ForestAction took initiative to work in the area of food and sustainable agriculture. This initiative was envisioned while exploring local food system, livelihoods and its political economy.

3.      Local Governance, Tenure Reform and Community Autonomy

ForestAction adopts diverse strategies to promote the democratisation of forest governance at different levels. Action research on institutional innovations is one of the most important aspects. We engage with community institutions and citizen networks.

4.      Climate Change and Ecosystem Services

ForestAction has focused its activities on analysing the policy and institutional landscape of the forest and agriculture sector to facilitate informed debate on climate change adaptation, mitigation (particularly REDD), and payments of ecosystem services.

5.      Inclusive Governance and Deliberative Policy Process

ForestAction initiatives are aimed at enhancing deliberative policy processes where all legitimate stakeholders constructively engage and, contribute to the process, and assume ownership of the outcomes. We carry out documentation, strategic analysis and produce credible evidence, which contributes to informed debates on the issues in question.

6.      Innovation Systems and Communication

ForestAction approaches and strategies for advancing innovation systems in the context of NRM-based livelihoods are a learning-based approach to forestry and agriculture. It supports in generating institutional and technological innovation in areas of forest governance, natural resources management and enterprise development. Through critical action research approach we monitor development actions and dynamics, document and analyze them and finally synthesize and communicate to targeted actors. In this system local communities and stakeholders are consciously involved in experimentation, piloting, documentation, reflections and adapting from past lessons.