Community Forestry refers to community control and ownership of nearby forests. This is often done with an emphasis on [democracy](democracy "wikilink") and the [commons](commons "wikilink"). ## Examples ### Bulgaria ### Canada ### India ### Italy ### Mexico ### Nepal ### Russia Community forestry has been introduced in the Gassinski Forest covering an area of about 3,850 km2 by the [Russian](Russia "wikilink") government. ### United Kingdom ### United States of America *See Also: Hoedads Reforestation Cooperative*