The Knowledge Tree is a rich source of information about social forestry practices in Southeast Asia.
It is a compilation of intelligence gathered by the ASEAN Working Group on Social Forestry since 2005. The work of partners under the ASEAN Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change has enriched this body of knowledge.
Social forestry operates in a specific context and involves people with varied values and interests. It is important to understand this when planning social forestry programs to ensure they are implemented following the 3E criteria.
Successful social forestry programs include the following contexts:

Local aspirations
Rights and tenure
Forest potentials
Capacities and institutions
Enabling policies
External actors and markets

These contexts are not necessarily sequential and do not guarantee a particular set of outcomes.