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The end of the hinterland: forests, conflict and climate change

The end of the hinterland: forests, conflict and climate change This is an analysis of the effects of growing forest carbon markets on tenure and indigenous rights by Rights and Resources Initiative. It takes stock of the current status of forest rights, assesses key issues of 2009 and identifies key questions and challenges that we will face in 2010.
See Also Report: REDD realities: how strategies to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation could impact on biodiversity www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/297377 Report: Land grabbing by foreign investors in developing countries: risks and opportunities www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/273556 Report: Tenure in REDD: start-point or afterthought? www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/275353 Legislation: The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/260758 Feature: Deforestation, land-use change and REDD www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/266462 Feature: REDD-plus: will the