This assessment framework provides a basis for understanding the impact of community-based forestry (CBF) on forests and local livelihoods at the country level (e.g. improved forest governance, participatory conservation, joint forest management). It also presents indicators that may be used across countries, focusing on formal CBF initiatives recognized by statutory law. The study reports that there has been a substantial increase in forest land under various types of CBF regimes over the past two decades. The associated transfer of power to local people inherent in these regimes involves various combinations of user rights, responsibilities and decision-making. However, there has not been a systematic assessment of the extent and effectiveness of the various types of CBF regimes around the world. The report concludes that well-performing CBF has the potential to rapidly restore forests in ecological terms and scale up sustainable forest management to the national level, while improving the livelihoods of billions of the most marginalised people around the world. In doing so, CBF has the potential to contribute significantly to a range of Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG 15, supporting the sustainable management of natural resources, and SDG 1, reducing poverty.
... 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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Lynam, T., Cunliffe, R., Mapaure, I. y Bwerinofa, I. 2003 Assessment of the value of woodland landscape function to local communities in Gorongosa and Muanza Districts, Sofala Biodiversidad y perspectivas locales Province, Mozambique, ...
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.
... 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 ...