Title: Respecting rights, delivering development : forest tenure reform since Rio 1992

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: Rights and resources initiative (RRI)

Year: 2012

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: governance, resources conservation, deforestation, land rights, community organization, forest resources, africa south of sahara, latin america

Abstract: Research shows that where the rights of Indigenous Peoples and communities are recognized, their territories and community-managed forests outperform public protected areas in preventing deforestation and ensuring conservation. Most of the progress occurred in Latin America.

URL: http://www.rightsandresources.org/documents/files/doc_4935.pdf

Document type: Portal