IUCN - arborvitae Issue 38

arborvitae Issue 38

31 January 2009 | Downloads - publication

Forests and conflict

Goma: If we don’t do anything and wait until the war is over, there won’t be any more forests and animals to conserve.

Sudan: Refugees need many natural resources to help them reconstruct a life, albeit a temporary one, in their hosting area.

Feature: High levels of violence in forested areas are no coincidence. They don’t call it ‘jungle warfare’ for nothing.

Chiapas: Mediation is a prerequisite where conservation and indigenous rights clash.

2 Editorial
3 Livelihoods and Landscapes: DRC
4-5 Refugees and forests: Burundi and Sudan
6-7 Does conflict help or hinder conservation?
8-9 Feature: Jungle warfare: what comes next?
10-11 Managing forest conflict: Asia and Africa
12-15 Forest conflict cases: Brazil, Thailand, Ecuador, Mexico
16 The interview: Ashok Khosla, President of IUCN

IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature

arborvitae Issue 38