In preparation for the Expert Meeting on Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge (TFRK), the International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests commissioned a series of case studies looking at the extent to which national governments have met their international commitments towards promotion and protection of traditional forest related knowledge. The Alliance commissioned three regional studies, for Asia, Africa and Latin America, and a further nine national level studies covering Rwanda, the Democratic Repulic of the Congo, Kenya, India, Nepal, the Philippines, Panama, Venuzuela and Papua New Guinea.

The commissioning of these case studies was generously supported by SwedBio. The Secretariat of the UNFF has additionally supported the commissioning of a further three national level case studies, for the Russian Federation, for Thailand and for Peru.

Below are draft editions of the available case studies. These are draft documents only, not for citation or reproduction.

Note: ES = Executive summary, Full = Full text, NA = Not available