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Deere, Carmen DianaContreras, JacquelineTwyman, Jennifer[Patrimonial violence: A study of women’s property rights in Ecuador]Patrimonial violence: A study of women’s property rights in Ecuador

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.Barry, D.M.Dahal, G.R.[New Rights for forest-based communities?: understanding processes of forest tenure reform]New Rights for forest-based communities?: understanding processes of forest tenure reform

The paper examines the impact of converting previous open-access common land into protected areas on the community resource management system in Shimshal, northern Pakistan. We explored three main questions in this regard. First, what happens to community resource management under strict governme...


Khan, S.R.Rahman, S.A.Sunderland, T.C.H.[Commons becoming non-commons in the efforts for reconciliation between conservation and livelihoods: A case study of northern Pakistan]Commons becoming non-commons in the efforts for reconciliation between conservation and livelihoods: A case study of northern Pakistan
Autor: Angelsen, A.

This paper compares four different modelling approaches to agricultural expansion and deforestation, and explores the implications of assumptions about the household objectives, the labour market, and the property rights regime. A major distinction is made between population and market based expl...


Angelsen, A.[Agricultural expansion and deforestation: modelling the impact of population, market forces and property rights]Agricultural expansion and deforestation: modelling the impact of population, market forces and property rights

In 1998, a decree issued by the Indonesian government enabled communities in Krui, Indonesia, to register for concession rights over the area of state forest land planted with their agroforests. Registration would provide farmers with the legal right to manage and benefit from these agroforests. ...


Kusters, K.Foresta, H. deEkadinata, A.Noordwijk, Meine van[Towards solutions for state vs. local community conflicts over forestland: the impact of formal recognition of user rights in Krui, Sumatra, Indonesia]Towards solutions for state vs. local community conflicts over forestland: the impact of formal recognition of user rights in Krui, Sumatra, Indonesia

This chapter reviews the literature on natural resource decentralization with an emphasis on forests in developing countries. This literature can be located at the intersection between discussions of good governance and democracy, development, and poverty alleviation, on the one hand, and common ...


Larson, A.M.Soto, F.[Decentralization of natural resource governance regimes]Decentralization of natural resource governance regimes

As people living near forests in many parts of the world receive recognition of resource management rights, questions arise about where forest boundaries should be set and who should legitimately receive these rights. Drawing on research conducted among forest-dwelling Kenyah communities in Kalim...


Wollenberg, Eva K.[Boundary keeping and access to gaharu among Kenyah forest users]Boundary keeping and access to gaharu among Kenyah forest users
Autor: Oyono, P.R.

When Germans colonized Cameroon in the nineteenth century, most of the ethnic groups living in the forest zone had already established territories. However, Germany then became the legal owner of land and forests. This brutal cohabitation of the new version of the state and customary systems of t...


Oyono, P.R.[The foundations of the conflit de langage over land and forest in southern Cameroon]The foundations of the conflit de langage over land and forest in southern Cameroon

Forest exploitation has been the main economic driver in the northern Bolivian Amazon. The country enacted changes in legislation and policies affecting natural resource governance. These changes increase the control of the forestry sector by rural communities. Conflicts characterize these change...


Jong, W. deRuiz, S.Becker, M.[Conflicts and communal forest management in northern Bolivia]Conflicts and communal forest management in northern Bolivia
Engel, S.Palmer, C.[Who owns the right? The determinants of community benefits from logging in Indonesia]Who owns the right? The determinants of community benefits from logging in Indonesia

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