State devolution has combined with social movement pressures to give communities increasing access and rights to southern forests, making development of effective local participation in sustainable resource management crucial. This paper discusses an experience of participatory research in Centra...
Taylor, P.L.
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Cronkleton, P.
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Barry, D.M.
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[Learning in the field: using community self studies to strengthen forest-based social movements]
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Learning in the field: using community self studies to strengthen forest-based social movements
Forest devolution and government decentralization have increased community control over forests. Remoteness, low literacy, and lack of formal planning experience often leave forest communities unprepared for their new responsibilities. Forest communities need to develop skills that allow them to ...
Evans, K.
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Jong, W. de
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Cronkleton, P.
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Nghi, Tran Huu
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[Participatory methods for planning the future in forest communities]
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Participatory methods for planning the future in forest communities
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
At their most local, initiatives to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) will depend on rural people to manage forest resources. Although the design of frameworks, mechanisms and arrangements, to implement REDD programs have received significant attention, it is not yet clea...
Cronkleton, P.
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Bray, D.B.
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Medina, G.
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[Community forest management and the emergence of multi-scale governance institutions: lessons for REDD+ development from Mexico, Brazil and Bolivia]
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Community forest management and the emergence of multi-scale governance institutions: lessons for REDD+ development from Mexico, Brazil and Bolivia
Increased devolution of forest ownership and management rights to local control has the potential to promote both conservation and livelihood development in remote tropical regions. Such shifts in property rights, however, can generate conflicts, particularly when combined with rapidly increasing...
Duchelle, Amy E.
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Cronkleton, P.
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Kainer, K.A.
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Guanacoma, G.
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Gezan, S.
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[Resource theft in tropical forest communities: implications for nontimber management, livelihoods, and conservation]
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Resource theft in tropical forest communities: implications for nontimber management, livelihoods, and conservation
We discuss the extent of compatibility of timber and non-timber forest product (NTFP) extraction in two neotropical localities from biophysical, social, and institutional perspectives: the community concession forests of the Pete´ n, Guatemala, and extractivist communities in northern Bolivia. In...
Guariguata, M.R.
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Cronkleton, P.
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Shanley, P.
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Taylor, P.L.
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[The compatibility of timber and non-timber forest product extraction and management]
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The compatibility of timber and non-timber forest product extraction and management
The success of multiple forest management systems is contingent on a variety of social, economic, biophysical, and institutional factors, including the integration of timber and non-timber forest product (NTFP) extraction and management. Selective logging for timber is increasingly taking place i...
Guariguata, M.R.
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Licona, J.C.
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Mostacedo, B.
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Cronkleton, P.
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[Damage to Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) during selective timber harvesting in Northern Bolivia]
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Damage to Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) during selective timber harvesting in Northern Bolivia
Larson, A.M.
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Dokken, T.
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Duchelle, Amy E.
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Atmadja, S.
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Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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Cronkleton, P.
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Cromberg, M.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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Awono, A.
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Selaya, G.
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[The role of women in early REDD+ implementation: lessons for future engagement]
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The role of women in early REDD+ implementation: lessons for future engagement
We used cultural consensus models to test whether hunters shared perceptions of wildlife abundance and the relative importance of hunting and fishing in a Guarayo indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon. Results show that highly prized animals that were considered rare are either those with l...
Holt, T. van
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Townsend, W.R.
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Cronkleton, P.
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[Assessing local knowledge of game abundance and persistence of hunting livelihoods in the Bolivian Amazon using consensus analysis]
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Assessing local knowledge of game abundance and persistence of hunting livelihoods in the Bolivian Amazon using consensus analysis
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