Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Human rights key to rainforest conservation, argues report

Mongabay: Recognizing the rights of forest people to manage their land is critical to reducing deforestation rates and safeguarding global forests, argues a new report published by Rainforest Foundation Norway. The report, published Wednesday and titled Rights-based rainforest protection, reviews the current status of tropical forests and the people who inhabit them, highlighting a series of examples where forest people are responsibly managing forest resources. The report makes the case that past approaches...

URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0905-rfn-rights-based-rainforests.html
Enclosure: http://www.regnskog.no/languages/english/_attachment/35434?_ts=13996420cd0

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