securing rights, combating climate change

SECURING RIGHTS,

COMBATING

CLIMATE CHANGEHow Strengthening Community Forest Rights Mitigates Climate Change: A Report by WRI and RRI

WITH THANKS TO

And

other

partners

COMBATING DEFORESTATION

ESSENTIAL TO CLIMATE CHANGE

11% of CO2

from deforestation

and other land uses

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COMMUNITIES HOLD THE KEY TO

PROTECTING THE FORESTS

REPORT METHODOLOGY

• 130 studies

reviewed

• Original

deforestation

and carbon

analysis

OUR FINDINGS

OUR FINDINGS: RIGHTS ARE A SOLUTION

WHY DO COMMUNITIES TEND TO PROTECT THE FOREST?

MAPPING COMMUNITY FOREST WITH GLOBAL FOREST WATCH

XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK IN BRAZIL

Deforestation

in Xingu from

2000 to 2012

was 3%

COMMUNITY CONCESSIONS IN GUATEMALA MAYA

BIOSPHERE RESERVE

• Deforestation as

low as .02%

• US $18.7 million

annually in

income

SUCCESSFUL FOREST RESTORATION IN NIGER

30 million tonnesof carbon

OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO

NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS

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WHAT ACTIONS CAN BE TAKEN?

• DONOR SUPPORT

• GREEN CLIMATE FUND

• INDCs

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