Climate change and forest-based livelihoods

Abstract

This issue of InfoResources Focus presents the opportunities and challenges offered by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with respect to forest-based livelihoods, and describes the political process of policy-making within the convention. The aim is to provide a broad overview of the different mechanisms defined in the Convention, as well as their possibilities and limitations, and thus enable our readers to better define their own views and expectations.