"Individuals, companies, schools and community groups across Wales will not only help protect a significant area of rainforest but forge lasting links with forest communities in Africa".
"Local forest communities and civil society groups have so far been completely excluded from the initiative, which is primarily about 'partnerships' between international conservation organisations and international loggers, " said Simon Counsell, director of the Rainforest Foundation.
Among the diverse Forest Gate communities, there are those who say they are still waiting for proper engagement with the police.
The five Forest of Dean communities are Cinderford, Coleford, Drybrook, Longhope and Lydbrook.
Despite its status as a protected national park, sustainable management of the Juniper ecosystem remains threatened by the population intrusion, poverty, poor governance and the dependence of local communities on forest for goods and services.
Extensive parkland with a mosaic of forest patches and subalpine meadow communities extends from 1, 500 - 2, 000 meters above sea level.
The scheme is a joint venture between Forest of Dean District Council and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).
The Department for Communities and Local Government said it could not confirm if Waltham Forest was the first to introduce on-the-spot penalty notices for spitting but said the government was "working with a number of councils on their proposed by-laws against spitting".
The different programmes are specifically created for the local communities in which they are located, in thematic fields such as "forest", "culture and environment", "local community and environment", "tourism and environment", "biodiversity", "soil" etc.
The park's revenues are shared with local communities who are provided with schools, clinics and advice on how to protect the forest itself.
The popular trail is in the Cleveland National Forest, where the dangers of 720 square miles of rugged mountain wilderness run smack up against the planned communities and shopping malls of suburban southeast Orange County.
As well as destabilizing human communities, logging also threatens to decimate an ecosystem that is critical for the survival of wildlife including forest elephants and endangered apes such as gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos.
But they can play an important role in providing communities with local, renewable sources of energy and, critically, livelihoods that offer a compelling alternative to forest destruction.
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