Community Forests: Equity, use and conservation

The World Rainforest Movement has announced the publication
of a new book: "Community Forests. Equity, use and conservation"

As we all know, the conservation of the world's forests requires the
adoption of a series of measures to change the current model of
destruction, among which the empowerment of local communities to manage
their own forests.

In most of the countries of the world, there are many examples of
appropriate forest management, in which environmentally sustainable use is
assured while benefiting local communities. This type of management is
generically known as "community-based forest management," although it
adopts different modalities in accordance with the socio-environmental
diversity of the places where it is developed.

This publication (also available in Spanish and French) aims at supporting
and promoting this type of approach. The book is divided into two
sections: the first one, presents a series of analytical article on the
subject, and the second one consists of a selection of articles based on
experiences of community forest management from different countries of the
world.

Non Governmental Organizations and Indigenous Peoples Organizations can
ask for a free copy of the book. To do so, please contact WRM
International Secretariat at: [email][email protected] and send your postal
address (please include detailed information).

For other organizations or institutions its cost is US$ 10 (shipment
included). You can either send a cheque (against a U.S bank) payable to:
"Fundación Movimiento Mundial por los Bosques Tropicales" to the following
address:

Maldonado 1858, CP 11200
Montevideo - URUGUAY (South America)

or transfer the money to the following bank account:

Name of the Bank : Bank Boston, Sucursal URUGUAY
Address: Zabala 1463, Montevideo, Uruguay
Account number: 6020517
Account in name of: Fundación Movimiento Mundial por los Bosques
Tropicales
Agencia Bulevar España
Swift Code: FN BB UY MM