Whose Forest Land Is It? Trends in Tropical Forest Land Tenure "Who owns the world’s tropical forests, and how is this changing? A white paper by Doug Boucher, Director of the Tropical Forest and Climate Initiative, shows contradictory trends. On the one hand, there is the well-known phenomenon of “land-grabbing” — the transfer of agricultural land from peasants and indigenous communities to corporations and large landowners, often from foreign countries. In the forest sector, on the other hand, the recent tendency has been for land to be transferred TO local communities"
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:18:23 +0000
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