Community forests and protected areas have each been proposed as strategies to stop deforestation. These management strategies should be regarded as hypotheses to be evaluated for their effectiveness in particular places. We evaluated the community-forestry hypothesis and the protected-area hypot...
Bray, D.B.
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Durán, E.
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Ramos, V.H.
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Mas, J.F.
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Velásquez, A.
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McNab, R.B.
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Barry, D.M.
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Radachowsky, J.
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[Tropical Deforestation, Community Forests, and Protected Areas in the Maya Forest]
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Tropical Deforestation, Community Forests, and Protected Areas in the Maya Forest
This occasional paper is the result of research carried out from 2006 to 2008 on the effects of new tenure rights for forest-based communities in Latin America on access to forest resources and benefits. Focused on seven different regions in four countries, the paper examines changes in statutory...
Larson, A.M.
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Cronkleton, P.
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Barry, D.M.
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Pacheco, P.
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[Más allá de los derechos de tenencia: El acceso comunitario a los recursos forestales en América Latina]
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Más allá de los derechos de tenencia: El acceso comunitario a los recursos forestales en América Latina
Cronkleton, P.
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Barry, D.M.
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Pulhin, J.M.
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Saigal, S.
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[The devolution of management rights and the co-management of community forests]
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The devolution of management rights and the co-management of community forests
Significant tenure reforms have taken place over public forestlands in the past 20 years in Latin America. These reforms differ from previous tenure reforms with respect to their origins and goals. In forest tenure reform, rights have being granted through a diversity of tenure arrangements, main...
Pacheco, P.
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Barry, D.M.
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Cronkleton, P.
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Larson, A.M.
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[The recognition of forest rights in Latin America: progress and shortcomings of forest tenure reforms]
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The recognition of forest rights in Latin America: progress and shortcomings of forest tenure reforms
This occasional paper is based on the results of a three-year project examining the emergence of forest-based grassroots movements in Latin America. Funded by the Ford Foundation, the Support to Grassroots Community Forestry Organizations in Central America and Brazil Project sought to understand...
Cronkleton, P.
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Taylor, P.L.
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Barry, D.M.
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Stone-Jovicich, S.
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Schmink, M.
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[Environmental governance and the emergence of forest-based social movements]
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Environmental governance and the emergence of forest-based social movements