New research by RRI Partner IFRI” highlighted this week in Science” finds that there is a greater likelihood of a forest providing higher subsistence livelihood benefits to local populations” and also having higher levels of biodiversity” when local forest users have a right to participate in forest governance by making rules over the management and use of the forest.

Read the full report here.

Read the accompanying press release here.

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