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The community forest cul-de-sac

January 2nd, 2008 by Andrew Walker · 3 Comments

As reported on New Mandala in November last year Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly has passed an amended version of the long-awaited Community Forest Bill. The resulting Act has been criticised by campaigners for community forestry as not adequately recognising local rights in relation to forest management.  According to RECOFTC there are two key concerns with the [...]

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