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Social protection for forest-dependent communities

Year of publication 2017

Pages 16 p.

Author Nyasha Tirivaye, Omar Rodriguez, Thais Juvenal, Qiang Ma

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Policy brief

ISBN No ISBN

Edition 2

Synopsis (short abstract) Since the implementation of FAO’s five new strategic objectives, social protection has become an important area of focus for the Organization. Over the last biennium (2014-2015), FAO has explored the topic of social protection for forest-dependent communities through a global literature review and three country case studies in Burkina Faso, China and Uganda. This policy brief, developed in collaboration with the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Inn ovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), is mainly based on these four studies.

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