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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Mayers, James |
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Date:
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2007 |
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Agency:
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International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London |
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Series:
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IIED Briefing |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6138
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Sector:
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Forestry |
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Region:
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Africa
Middle East & South Asia |
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Subject(s):
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sustainability
forest management
poverty
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Abstract:
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"Where are the forests in the MDGs? When players in the forestry world get together they are good at setting goals. They are a good match for the political leaders that gave us the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Since the 1980s there has been a proliferation of international dialogues dealing with forests and, a bit like the football World Cup, every four years or so they come up with a feast of goals. If forestry goals were all we needed to make progress, then sustainable and pro-poor forestry would have long since become a worldwide reality. Of course, implementation still lags well behind aspiration, but at least there is now a considerable body of international knowledge and agreement on how forests can contribute to development."
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