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Based on several examples from West, Central and Eastern-Southern Africa, this paper discusses issues pertaining to the '4Rs' framework, an analytical framework which assesses local stakeholders' roles and resilience in relation to forest resource use and management via the balance/imbalance of their respective Rights, Responsibilities, Revenues/ Returns and Relationships (the '4Rs'). Rights...
This summary of recommendations came from the working groups on natural resources and environment, health and well being, entrepreneurship, legal/political and human rights, and culture & indigenous knowledge on the following five sections:
Process
Gatherings
Networks
Specific Recommendations for Follow-up Activities
Partnerships
Both forests and mountains played important roles in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992, resulting in the Forest Principles and Chapter 11 and 13, respectively, of Agenda 21.
Significant progress in international forest policy dialogue has been made since UNCED. Many international initiatives in support of sustainable forest management...
Finding an equitable balance between the demands of lowland populations and the needs of mountain communities is an increasingly urgent priority, combined with a strong need to balance productive use of forests with their protection.
This report documents the comments and case studies provided by participants around the world in this electronic conference. Themes included: mountain...
Over the past decade, the issue of climate change has risen rapidly to an important position on international scientific and political agendas. A number of key events in this process may be identified, beginning with the 1988 Conference on "The Changing Atmosphere" (World Meteorological Organization 1989), and the consequent establishment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC...
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