This report identifies risks associated with including sustainable forest management (SFM) within the scope of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). It describes how SFM has often become associated with destructive industrial-scale logging that fails to deliver development benefits, and is frequently a pre-cursor to the conversion of forests to other land uses.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/trick-or-treat-redd-development-and-sustainable-forest-management
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/global-witness
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-management
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/emission-targets
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sustainable-development
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries
