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Sustainable rural livelihoods
Sep. 13th, 2005 08:14 pmhttp://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=53226
"The Aspen Institute ... Community-based Forestry Demonstration Program ... report "Growth Rings: Communities and Trees" [finds that]:
-- Rural communities have the passion and on-the-ground expertise to make real forest restoration happen. Federal and state governments cannot accomplish their mandates without their involvement.
-- Declining forest health and rural economic growth will continue to decline without federal investment and commitment for restoration, collaboration, and community capacity building. When there is such investment, current trends are reversed.
-- Markets for environmentally and socially responsible products can be developed and used to further forest restoration and community development goals, but they require public and private investment and commitment."
"The Aspen Institute ... Community-based Forestry Demonstration Program ... report "Growth Rings: Communities and Trees" [finds that]:
-- Rural communities have the passion and on-the-ground expertise to make real forest restoration happen. Federal and state governments cannot accomplish their mandates without their involvement.
-- Declining forest health and rural economic growth will continue to decline without federal investment and commitment for restoration, collaboration, and community capacity building. When there is such investment, current trends are reversed.
-- Markets for environmentally and socially responsible products can be developed and used to further forest restoration and community development goals, but they require public and private investment and commitment."
