Community enterprise reduces poverty among forest dwellers RIO BRANCO” BRAZIL (20 July 2007)— There is a saying in chaos theory that a butterfly flapping its…
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RRI international conference on Community Forest Management and Enterprises: Global Issues and Opportunities
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Report finds forest enterprises stifled by red tape” putting forests” incomes at risk
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RRI Brazil conference on community forestry in the media
The conference on Commmunity Forest Management organized in Brazil by RRI and ITTO is gaining international media attention. The following is an article published on…
China's demand for recycled wastepaper: A blessing and a curse for the world's forests
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In Amazonia” defending the hidden tribes
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“Avoided deforestation” and the rights of Indigenous Peoples
Forest Peoples Programmehas recently published a new report highlighting the potential threatsto Indigenous Peoples and local communities from climate changemitigation initiatives like “Avoided Deforestation” (AD)…
Avoided Deforestation and the rights of indigenous and local communities
Forest Peoples Programmehas recently published a new report highlighting the potential threatsto indigenous peoples and local communities from climate changemitigation initiatives like “Avoided Deforestation” (AD)…
Forest reform: advancing in China” lagging in India
A new opinion article in the Wall Street Journal highlights bold policyand institutional forest sector reforms in China and laggingimplementation of JFM in India. China…
Too many trees in the forest
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Environmental degradation triggering tensions and conflict in Sudan
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