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Making the Law Accessible and Enforceable: How Laws can Help to Address the Forest Governance Challenge Nalin Kishor FLEG Coordinator, The World Bank Sept. 12, 2005 Forests are central to the poverty reduction mission of the Bank  1.6 billion rural people are dependent upon forests to some extent. 1 billion out of 1.2 billion extremely poor depend on forest resources for part of their livelihoods 350 million people are highly dependent on forests. 60 million indigenous people are almost wholly dependent on forests. Source: World Bank Forests Strategy and Policy, 2002. Governance,