"...This report on community forest rights and climate change provides much-needed evidence at the global scale to demonstrate the tremendous potential for reducing emissions by strengthening communities? forest rights. It analyzes examples from 14 forest-rich countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia that include over two thirds of all government-recognized community forests in low- and middle-income countries. The report also presents recommendations for the international community of world leaders, government officials, advocates, and others who, if they are seriously committed to finding a far-reaching and concrete climate change solution, will call upon forested nations to strengthen community rights in their forests. For too long this approach to mitigating climate change has not received the attention it deserves. We hope this report will turn that around and draw the world?s focus to the most important factor in turning the tide against climate change and saving the world?s forests: the Indigenous Peoples and local communities who depend on them..."