Securing rights, combating climate change: how strengthening community forest rights mitigates climate change

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Securing rights, combating climate change: how strengthening community forest rights mitigates climate change [1]

Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change analyzes the growing body of evidence linking community forest rights with healthier forests and lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. This report makes a strong case for strengthening the rights of indigenous and local communities over their forests as a policy tool for mitigating climate change. The international community agrees on the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. With 13 million hectares of forest cleared every year, such efforts are critical to curbing climate change before it reaches a dangerous tipping point.

Publication Date:

01/07/2014

Author(s): Caleb Stevens [2], Robert Winterbottom [3], Katie Reytar [4], Jenny Springer [5]

Source: World Resources Institute [6]

Tags:

Climate Change [7], Climate Mitigation [8], Forests [9], Deforestation [10], Carbon Dioxide [11], Land Degradation [12], Community Forest Management (CFM) [13], India [14], Global [15], REDD [16]

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/securing-rights-combating-climate-change-how-strengthening-community-forest-rights

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[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/community-forest-management-cfm
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