Smallholders are not the weak link in forest protection (commentary)

Mongabay
May 19, 2026, 10:24 pm74 ptsTrending
In general, plantation companies view local communities and smallholders as obstacles to expanding operations and to securing social licenses. In deforestation-free supply chains, smallholders are also often treated as a risk. In my experience, this is one reason forest protection efforts fail: we don’t want…

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