The last decade has seen profound overhauls of governance in many tropical countries. Countries have adopted new economic policies, very much influenced by free-market thinking, and a reduced regulatory role of the state and its subsidiaries. This coincided with widespread decentralization of gov...
Jong, W. de
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Becker, M.
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Ruiz, S.
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Gottwald, C.
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[The impact of decentralised forest governance: a case study from Bolivia]
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The impact of decentralised forest governance: a case study from Bolivia
This paper assesses the influence of forest policies on forestry development, and especially timber production, in Bolivia during three different periods of time. The first period began in the early 1970s when a conservative forest policy was adopted privileging commercial logging companies, and ...
Pacheco, P.
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Jong, W. de
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Johnson, J.
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[The evolution of the timber sector in lowland Bolivia: examining the influence of three disparate policy approaches]
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The evolution of the timber sector in lowland Bolivia: examining the influence of three disparate policy approaches
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
This paper discusses different tree and forest management strategies in Yanallpa, a ribereno village located within the Ucayali floodplain, Peru. In the village, studies on tree and forest management were conducted through surveys, participative observation and unstructured interviews with farmer...
Pacheco, P.
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Mejía, E.
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Cano-Cardona, W.
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Jong, W. de
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[Smallholder Forestry in the Western Amazon: Outcomes from Forest Reforms and Emerging Policy Perspectives]
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Smallholder Forestry in the Western Amazon: Outcomes from Forest Reforms and Emerging Policy Perspectives