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
Can policies designed to maximize exploitation by elites benefit the people who live in forests? Forestry policy throughout the developing world originates from European ‘‘scientific’’ forestry traditions exported during the colonial period. These policies were implemented by foreign and local el...
Larson, A.M.
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Ribot, J.C.
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[The poverty of forestry policy: double standards on an uneven playing field]
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The poverty of forestry policy: double standards on an uneven playing field
Larson, A.M.
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Pacheco, P.
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Toni, F.
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Vallejo, M.
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[The effects of forestry decentralization on access to livelihood assets]
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The effects of forestry decentralization on access to livelihood assets
How are forestry decentralisations evolving in Latin America? What role are municipal governments playing, and to what extent are the needs of forest-dependent peoples being taken into account? This article represents a synthesis of research findings from Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras and ...
Larson, A.M.
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Pacheco, P.
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Toni, F.
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Vallejo, M.
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[Trends in Latin American forestry decentralisations: legal frameworks, municipal governments and forest dependent groups]
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Trends in Latin American forestry decentralisations: legal frameworks, municipal governments and forest dependent groups
Both decentralization and natural resource management literature suggest that natural resources could benefit from the redistribution of centralized management authority. Yet, neither has sufficiently examined the processes already underway in numerous developing countries to decentralize resourc...
Larson, A.M.
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[Natural resources and decentralization in Nicaragua: are local government up to the job?]
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Natural resources and decentralization in Nicaragua: are local government up to the job?
This article argues that decentralization of natural resource management is a political process resisted by the central government due to the feared loss of power and/or economic resources to local governments. In Nicaragua, although the formal process of power transfers largely stagnated from 19...
Larson, A.M.
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[Formal decentralisation and the imperative of decentralisation 'from below': a case study of natural resource management in Nicaragua]
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Formal decentralisation and the imperative of decentralisation 'from below': a case study of natural resource management in Nicaragua
Larson, A.M.
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Ribot, J.C.
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[Democratic decentralisation through a natural resources lens: an introduction]
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Democratic decentralisation through a natural resources lens: an introduction
Ravikumar, A.
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Larson, A.M.
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Duchelle, Amy E.
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Myers, R.
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Tovar, J.G.
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[Multilevel governance challenges in transitioning towards a national approach for REDD+: evidence from 23 subnational REDD+ initiatives]
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Multilevel governance challenges in transitioning towards a national approach for REDD+: evidence from 23 subnational REDD+ initiatives
Larson, A.M.
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Cronkleton, P.
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Pulhin, J.M.
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[Formalizing Indigenous Commons: The Role of 'Authority' in the Formation of Territories in Nicaragua, Bolivia, and the Philippines]
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Formalizing Indigenous Commons: The Role of 'Authority' in the Formation of Territories in Nicaragua, Bolivia, and the Philippines