IUCN - arborvitae Issue 36

arborvitae Issue 36

07 August 2008 | Downloads - publication

Rights-based approaches to forest conservation

News: Liberia’s forest exploitation over the last half-century has ridden roughshod over customary property rights.

Perspective: The urban public generally view forest conservation as an unquestionably ‘good thing’ akin to apple pie, motherhood and soccer.

Feature: Are the ‘rights of nature’ always consistent with human rights? What about organisms such as viruses which can kill people?

Around the world: Now that the land is ours we have to take care of it.

2 Editorial
3 Livelihoods and landscapes
4-5 News: News on Liberia’s Community Forest Rights Law and Colombia’s General Forestry Law
6 Legal aspects of the rights-conservation nexus
7 Perspective: Why forest conservation is not good news for local communities
8-9 Feature: Rights-based approaches to forest conservation
10-13 Forest people’s rights around the world: Cases from India, Indonesia, Costa Rica and Guatemala
14 Forest programme partners: Rights and Resources Initiative
15 IUCN Commissions: CEL
16 Reviews

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arborvitae Issue 36