Study: forest tenure important

13 May 2009 | Author: Jeanette Wiemers, newsbriefs editor | Print version | Send to a friend

Report says regulatory system should be considered for effects on forest communities

The regulation system for determining tenure over forest resources will become important for affecting the extent to which reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation could be effective, says a new report from the Institute for Environmental Development. The study says that as more mechanisms for these types of emissions reductions are considered on a global stage, tenure over land and trees needs to be given more attention since forest communities can be greatly affected.

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