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community forestry  

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  • Community forestry is an approach to forest conservation and management in which forest inhabitants participate in management activities and ideally enjoy the economic and livelihood benefits. Community forestry contrasts with exclusionary models of forestry, including logging concessions to large firms and national parks that prohibit most human uses. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Community Forestry]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-B07XT8ZD-H

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