Mission
Forest Peoples Programme supports the rights of peoples who live in forests and depend on them for their livelihoods. FPP work to create political space for forest peoples to secure rights, control their lands and decide their own futures.
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Famous quotes containing the word mission:
“Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.”
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