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
REDD+ is a potentially significant financial mechanism for shifting the incentives from deforestation and land use change to forest conservation and sustainability. Even though REDD+ is not primarily a governance reform, it will affect or be affected by forest governance, it can improve forest go...
Larson, A.M.
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Petkova, E.
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[An Introduction to Forest Governance, People and REDD+ in Latin America: Obstacles and Opportunities]
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An Introduction to Forest Governance, People and REDD+ in Latin America: Obstacles and Opportunities
Numerous authors have stressed the importance of guaranteeing and protecting the tenure and human rights of indigenous and other forest-based communities under schemes for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD, or REDD+); and important international indigenous organiz...
Larson, A.M.
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[Forest tenure reform in the age of climate change: lessons for REDD+]
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Forest tenure reform in the age of climate change: lessons for REDD+
Indigenous communities, particularly in Latin America, are increasingly winning recognition of rights to lands and forests that they have managed or used historically under customary institutions. If property refers to ‘the rules of the game’, this article uses the constitution of indigenous comm...
Larson, A.M.
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[Making the ‘rules of the game’: constituting territory and authority in Nicaragua's indigenous communities]
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Making the ‘rules of the game’: constituting territory and authority in Nicaragua's indigenous communities
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
Larson, A.M.
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Brockhaus, M.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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Duchelle, Amy E.
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Babon, A.
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Dokken, T.
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Pham, T.T.
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Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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Selaya, G
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Awono, A.
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Huynh Thu Ba
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[Land tenure and REDD+: the good, the bad and the ugly]
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Land tenure and REDD+: the good, the bad and the ugly
Sanders, A.J.P.
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Silva Hyldmo, H. da
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Prasti H., R.D.
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Ford, R.M.
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Larson, A.M.
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Keenan, R.J.
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[Guinea pig or pioneer: Translating global environmental objectives through to local actions in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia's REDD+ pilot province]
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Guinea pig or pioneer: Translating global environmental objectives through to local actions in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia's REDD+ pilot province