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The role of social forestry in the village economy

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

Sri Lanka had a surfeit of natural forests which have been felled over a period of time. Population pressures and agricultural production have been the cause of this malady from British times. These forests were a source of livelihood for people living below the poverty line who have been further oppressed due to absence of vital vegetation which sustained them over the years.
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