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What can forests contribute to the poor? [1]

The Asia-Pacific region is home to over 900 million poor. Most are in rural areas and there is considerable overlap with forest areas. As such, the forestry sector developments are intimately engaged with poverty issues.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
Wang Hong [2], Jeremy Broadhead [3]
Tiger Paper [4]
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7-10
Tags:
Forests [5], Poverty [6], Asia [7], Industrial Forests [8], Community Forest Management (CFM) [9], Ecosystem Services [10], Forest Management [11], REDD [12], Climate Change [13]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/wang-hong
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jeremy-broadhead
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/tiger-paper
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/asia
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-forests
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/community-forest-management-cfm
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystem-services
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-management
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/redd
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change