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Sharing experiences and drawling lessons on natural resource management
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RRI helps advance debate on recognizing forest rights of local communities in the Sahel region
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An analysis surveying forest tenure and community awareness of legal rights to forest land in Mali and Niger provide important insight in advancing forest rights in these two countries
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