Rights & Tenure in the News » Community forest management in
Mexico reduces poverty while conserving natural resources
Newspapers El Financiero and Milenio.com report on new studies
that show community forest management in Mexico has reduced
poverty and social inequity while simultaneously conserving
natural resources. Over 2,300 forest communities have been given
forest use permission in Mexico, resulting in economic growth
and effective conservation of forests in these areas. The report
suggests the need for a complementary system of both publicly
protected areas and a framework for community managed forests in
order to effectively reduce poverty and conserve natural
resources. Posted By Andrew Davis at 9:10am on May 21, 2007 This
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