Who has rights to forests and forest resources? In recent years governments in the South have transferred at least 200 million hectares of forests to communities living in and around them. This book assesses the experience of what appears to be a new international trend that has substantially increased the share of the world's forests under community administration. Based on research in over 30 communities in selected countries in Asia (India, Nepal, Philippines, Laos, Indonesia), Africa (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana) and Latin America (Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua), it examines the process and outcomes of granting new rights, assessing a variety of governance issues in implementation, access to forest products and markets and outcomes for people and forests. Forest tenure reforms have been highly varied, ranging from the titling of indigenous territories to the granting of small land areas for forest regeneration or the right to a share in timber revenues. While in many cases these rights have been significant, new statutory rights do not automatically result in rights in practice, and a variety of institutional weaknesses and policy distortions have limited the impacts of change. Through the comparison of selected cases, the chapters explore the nature of forest reform, the extent and meaning of rights transferred or recognized, and the role of authority and citizens' networks in forest governance. They also assess opportunities and obstacles associated with government regulations and markets for forest products and the effects across the cases on livelihoods, forest condition and equity. Published with CIFOR.
... and to the scientific and global community if participatory biodiversity monitoring programs are to be both relevant and sustainable. References Andrianadrasana, H..T., Randriamahefasoa, J., Durbin, J., Lewis, R..E., Ratsimbazafy,.
This book seeks to capture the leasehold forestry experience, with a special focus on the Leasehold Forestry and Livestock Programme, which has been a critical part of the leasehold forestry experience in Nepal for approximately 20 years.
The ingredients of the project's success, from both the technical and human perspectives, are presented in this book, demonstrating people's commitment in a country prone to natural disasters and earthquakes.
With the transition to an adaptive collaborative approach, CFUGs began to engage more proactively in setting the agenda for ... Members of Tinjure Hattisar Network selling nettle fibre cloth in an international trade fair in Kathmandu.
Having broken away from Luwu District in 2001, the Luwu Utara District Government has faced many problems in its three years of implementing decentralization.
The study attempted to understand the dynamics and complexities of forest resources management following decentralization, the interactions among stakeholders in forest resources management, and the impacts of the new legislation on local ...
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... Exploring biological diversity, environment and local people's perspectives in forest landscapes. 2nd Edition. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. Tekwe, C. and Percy F. 2000. Rights, responsibilities, revenues and relationships with a focus on ...
Thus, this assessment framework can serve to provide important insights into the successes, as well as the continued shortcomings of CBF at the country level."--Publisher's description.