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How community rights under the Forest Rights Act could transform the lives of millions of forest dwellers

Published on 09 Aug 2015
CIFOR 2011 study of 16 countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa that found that protected areas, which are government-managed, lost 1.47% of forest cover every year, compared to just 0.24% in community managed forests.
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