This article reports on findings from a research project, in more than 30 sites in 10 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, aimed at analyzing cases where changes in formal tenure rights for forest-based communities had recently occurred or were in process. Though by far largest proportion...
Larson, A.M.
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Barry, D.M.
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Dahal, G.R.
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[New Rights for forest-based communities?: understanding processes of forest tenure reform]
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New Rights for forest-based communities?: understanding processes of forest tenure reform
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
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