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Forests provide important economic resource for the rural and urban poor, providing everything from fuelwood and timber, cooking oils and bushmeat to agricultural inputs and medicinal products. They are also the source of globally-valued products and services. Public involvement in forest management has important governance dimensions, and major implications for the integration of poor rural producers into the national and international economy.
ODI is working to increase understanding of the livelihood values of forests, and to identify opportunities for the rural poor to obtain greater benefits from the commercial use of forest products.
