Trees, poverty and targets. Forests and the Millennium Development Goals

IIED Briefing
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Published: April 2007
IIED Briefing Papers
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Where are the forests in the MDGs?
When players in the forestry world get together they are good at setting goals. They are a good match for the political leaders that gave us the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Since the 1980s there has been a proliferation of international dialogues dealing with forests and, a bit like the football World Cup, every four years or so they come up with a feast of goals. If forestry goals were all we needed to make progress, then sustainable and pro-poor forestry would have long since become a worldwide reality. Of course, implementation still lags well behind aspiration, but at least there is now a considerable body of international knowledge and agreement on how forests can contribute to development.

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Mayers, J. (2007). Trees, poverty and targets. Forests and the Millennium Development Goals. .
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