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FOREST MANAGEMENT

It takes communities to save forests

Nature Sustainability volume 4, pages 190–191 (2021)Cite this article

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For decades research has found evidence that community forest management provides both income for local communities and conservation of forests. A recent article suggests some of the design principles that can make it work.

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Fig. 1: Opportunity framework for members of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility.

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