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Seventythree Field Notes 02: The Village Business

Seventythree Field Notes 02: The Village Business

Feb 21 2017

Linking farmers to markets needs local enterprises. READ THE FULL ARTICLE: 73_Field Notes_FN02_Cacao-CVC_Jan17.pdf (604KB) This latest Field Note from Seventythree explains how building…

Seventythree Field Notes 01: Redefining Conservation

Seventythree Field Notes 01: Redefining Conservation

Aug 22 2016

How communities in Raja Ampat are shaping their world, and what their experience teaches us about empowerment. READ THE FULL ARTICLE: 73FN 01 –…

Seventythree and the Raja Ampat Homestay Association: How communities in Raja Ampat are shaping their world.

Seventythree and the Raja Ampat Homestay Association: How communities in Raja Ampat are shaping their world.

Mar 03 2016

“I was an illegal logger. I brought all [these] investors here to log the forest. Then I discovered this homestay business and…

Environmental Monitoring in Raja Ampat

Environmental Monitoring in Raja Ampat

Dec 12 2015

Seventythree is working with Starling Resources, and other partners, as part of the project to ensure the political, social and economic sustainability…

Lessons from the East: New report from Seventythree launched in London

Lessons from the East: New report from Seventythree launched in London

Feb 08 2015

At a launch event at the Royal Society in London on 4th February, the Rights and Resources Initiative launched a new report…

“Zero Deforestation” reveals the dark side of dark green

“Zero Deforestation” reveals the dark side of dark green

Jan 20 2015

The recent spat between two giants of greenery, Jonathan Porritt and Tony Juniper, reveals a positive change in the way the environmental…

The Great REDD+ Perpetual Motion Machine

The Great REDD+ Perpetual Motion Machine

Jul 11 2013

Image by Don Pezzano Redd-Monitor, the excellent resource on all matters pertaining to REDD+, recently published a satirical critique of REDD, a…

Training entrepreneurs in Raja Ampat, West Papua

Training entrepreneurs in Raja Ampat, West Papua

Jun 13 2013

Seventythree is working with Starling Resources as part of the project to ensure the political, social and economic sustainability of the Marine…

Making private investments work for tropical forests

Making private investments work for tropical forests

Mar 13 2013

Seventythree contributed an article for issue 54 of European Tropical Forest Research Network Journal (ETFRN). This issue brings together 23 articles that…

Indonesia’s economic development: Contributing to a sustainable growth pattern

Indonesia’s economic development: Contributing to a sustainable growth pattern

Feb 13 2013

Seventythree was involved in the Wilton Park meeting in Jakarta in September 2012, which was also attended by HE Dr RM Marty…

Explaining the paradigm

Explaining the paradigm

Feb 03 2013

Dominic Elson, CEO of Seventythree, was at World Forest Week in Rome to launch the ‘Guide to Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry’.…

Publication of “Guide to investing in Locally Controlled Forestry”

Publication of “Guide to investing in Locally Controlled Forestry”

Jan 27 2013

A comprehensive guide to investing in locally controlled forestry written by Dominic Elson, CEO of international consultancy Seventythree Pte Ltd, was launched by…

Pitch

Pitch

Jan 10 2013

SEVENTYTHREE IS A FIRM OF ANALYSTS, BUSINESS DEVELOPERS AND DEVELOPMENT EDUCATORS. WE CREATE ECONOMIES AND BUSINESS MODELS THAT ARE PRODUCTIVE, FAIR AND…