Local communities, not global financiers, are the best forest managers

The Ecologist
Oct 30, 2015, 4:14 pm40 pts
A new paradigm of forest conservation is gaining ground, writes Isaac Rojas: 'financialising' them and the climate and ecological services they provide to global investors. But this is a false solution - and one that excludes the local and indigenous forest communities who can truly be relied upon to sustain…

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