Ensuring the Rights of Forest People : Three Principles for REDD+ actions

Source: CIFOR -- The editorial discusses three distinct approaches for securing the rights of forest people. One centres on the transfer of tenure rights to forest people, building on the premise that the redistribution of forest tenure is necessary to redress people’s historical dispossession. Another approach promotes rights for indigenous people and their organisations that lobby for a broad range of issues, such as promoting participation in political processes. And the third emphasises the...