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Trouble in the Forests? Carbon, Conflict, and Communities

Date
01 Sep 2010
Authors
RECOFTC
Publisher
RECOFTC
Serial No.
0000037
Trouble in the Forests? Carbon, Conflict, and Communities

A single word can describe the history of forest management in the region: conflict. Too often this happens because local people are excluded from decision-making and the benefits of forest management. REDD+ is a proposed mechanism to make forests more valuable standing than destroyed. This media brief looks at the reasons for forest conflict and how REDD+ could impact this contested terrain.