Forest devolution is meant to provide communities with greater decision-making power over the use and future of tropical forests. However, devolution policies have not always had the intended effect; in some cases they have caused or furthered the disenfranchisement of the poor, the creation of o...
Evans, K.
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Jong, W. de
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Cronkleton, P.
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[Future Scenarios as a Tool for Collaboration in Forest Communities]
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Future Scenarios as a Tool for Collaboration in Forest Communities
Forest exploitation has been the main economic driver in the northern Bolivian Amazon. The country enacted changes in legislation and policies affecting natural resource governance. These changes increase the control of the forestry sector by rural communities. Conflicts characterize these change...
Jong, W. de
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Ruiz, S.
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Becker, M.
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[Conflicts and communal forest management in northern Bolivia]
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Conflicts and communal forest management in northern Bolivia
Community forestry is seen as a promising option to improve the often-precarious situation of rural families while at the same time contributing to conserve forests. National and international organizations are promoting community forestry, aiming for a clear set of features that include: legal f...
Pokorny, B.
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Sabogal, C.
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Jong, W. de
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Pacheco, P.
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Porro, N.M.
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Louman, Bastian
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Stoian, D.
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[Challenges of community forestry in tropical America]
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Challenges of community forestry in tropical America
Sabogal, C.
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Jong, W. de
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Pokorny, B.
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Louman, B.
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[Manejo forestal comunitario en América Latina: experiencias, lecciones aprendidas y retos para el futuro]
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Manejo forestal comunitario en América Latina: experiencias, lecciones aprendidas y retos para el futuro
Jong, W. de
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Pokorny, B.
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Sabogal, C.
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Louman, B.
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Stoian, D.
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[Antecedentes, realidad y oportunidades del manejo forestal comunitario en America Latina]
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Antecedentes, realidad y oportunidades del manejo forestal comunitario en America Latina
Chokkalingam, U.
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Sabogal C.
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Almeida, E.
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Carandang, A.P.
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Gumartini, T.
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Jong, W. de
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Brienza, S.
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Meza Lopez, A.
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Murniati
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Nawir, A.A.
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Wibowo, L.R.
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Toma, T.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Zhou Zaichi
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[Local participation, livelihood needs, and institutional arrangements: three keys to sustainable rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest lands]
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Local participation, livelihood needs, and institutional arrangements: three keys to sustainable rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest lands
A heated debate has been going on for roughly three decades about who should hold stewardship over Asia’s tropical forests. This essay reviews how the debate evolved. Communal forestry advocates like NGOs point out that local groups living in remote corners of countries like Indonesia, Thailand, ...
Jong, W. de
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[Community forestry and the stewardship of tropical forests in Asia]
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Community forestry and the stewardship of tropical forests in Asia
The Center for International Forestry Research has developed and adapted various participatory tools for use with forest communities and other natural resource dependent groups. The tools have diverse applications: stakeholder identification, decision making, planning, conflict management, inform...
Evans, K.
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Jong, W. de
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Cronkleton, P.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Lynam, T.
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Kusumanto, T.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Guide to participatory tools for forest communities]
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Guide to participatory tools for forest communities
The expansion of agriculture is widely held to be one of the causes of tropical deforestation. Simply stated, the progressive expansion of agriculture into areas of tropical forest can only occur when forests are slashed. There is little doubt that in many places an increased need for agricultura...
This paper describes a participatory mapping method field tested with agro-extractive settlements in the Bolivian Amazon. A regional transition from customary to formal property rights resulting from sweeping 1996 land tenure reforms has led to confusion and conflicts over resource rights, a prob...
Cronkleton, P.
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Albornoz, M.A.
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Barnes, G.
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Evans, K.
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Jong, W. de
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[Social geomatics: participatory forest mapping to mediate resource conflict in the Bolivian Amazon]
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Social geomatics: participatory forest mapping to mediate resource conflict in the Bolivian Amazon