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New study: Mexico's forest communities excel in good management, outperform other strategies for capturing carbon to slow climate change

Review of 10 years of research suggests lessons for COP16 negotiators in Cancun: Community forest owners can reduce illegal logging, forest fires, CO2 emissions, poverty

2010-11-24
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El Consejo Civil Mexicano para la Silvicultura Sostenible, A.C. (the Mexican Civil Council for Sustainable Forestry, known as CCMSS) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that encourages and promotes conservation of forest ecosystems that are managed by the forest communities themselves. Known as Manejo Forestal Comunitario, or MFC, this system is supported by CCMSS members, who work in collaboration with communities and ejidos to put in place sustainable practices in forest management and improve the development, conservation, industrialization and commercialization of lands under the management of forest communities. In this way, the CCMSS seeks to promote local processes aimed at strengthening the local economy, community forest management and the development capabilities of forest peoples and their communities. http://www.ccmss.org.mx/index.php

The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) is a coalition of organisations dedicated to raising global awareness of the critical need for forest tenure, policy and market reforms, in order to achieve global goals of poverty alleviation, biodiversity conservation and forest-based economic growth. Partners currently include ACICAFOC (Coordinating Association of Indigenous and Agroforestry Communities of Central America), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Civic Response, the Foundation for People and Community Development (FPCD), Forest Peoples Programme, Forest Trends, the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), Intercooperation, the World Conservation Union (IUCN), the Federation of Community Forest Organisations of Nepal (FECOFUN), and the Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC). For further information, visit the Web site at: www.rightsandresources.org.



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[Press-News.org] New study: Mexico's forest communities excel in good management, outperform other strategies for capturing carbon to slow climate change
Review of 10 years of research suggests lessons for COP16 negotiators in Cancun: Community forest owners can reduce illegal logging, forest fires, CO2 emissions, poverty