Forest ecosystems are of immense importance not just
because of the commercial industries and large-scale
economic processes they support, and the important
services they provide (such as protecting watersheds and
acting as a carbon sink), but also because of the critical
value they hold for many poor local communities in
developing countries. Yet, across the world, forests are
being degraded and lost – at a substantial cost to global,
national and local human populations.
We have been working with the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in countries across Africa,
Asia and Latin America to identify and pilot economic and
financial instruments that can assist governments, the
private sector and civil society to adjust their way of
working so as to leverage real and meaningful change in
the lives of the rural poor, enhance long-term biodiversity
conservation, and ensure the sustainable supply of forest
goods and services in line with national priorities.
because of the commercial industries and large-scale
economic processes they support, and the important
services they provide (such as protecting watersheds and
acting as a carbon sink), but also because of the critical
value they hold for many poor local communities in
developing countries. Yet, across the world, forests are
being degraded and lost – at a substantial cost to global,
national and local human populations.
We have been working with the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in countries across Africa,
Asia and Latin America to identify and pilot economic and
financial instruments that can assist governments, the
private sector and civil society to adjust their way of
working so as to leverage real and meaningful change in
the lives of the rural poor, enhance long-term biodiversity
conservation, and ensure the sustainable supply of forest
goods and services in line with national priorities.
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