Environment

Development of forest areas: focus on rights

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The report discusses how tensions over forests in coming decades will influence the severity of climate change, the course of wars and civil conflicts, and the health of the world. It is argued that strengthening the property rights of forest communities is the most important step towards forest development. The document provides a development agenda to scale up efforts to advance equitable forest governance and development for all stakeholders.

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