Cuatomary tenure, mingled with state law and occasional private titling, continue predominantly to govern African rural and forest lands. This is in spite of evolutionist theories that predicted its demise and colonial and post-colonial policies that tried actively to accelerate it. The chapter d...
Diaw, C.
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[Modern economic theory and the challenge of embedded tenure institutions: African attempts to reform local forest policies]
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Modern economic theory and the challenge of embedded tenure institutions: African attempts to reform local forest policies
Although policies to improve forest management have been widely introduced, poor logging practices remain prevalent in tropical forests. We assess whether recent radical changes in forestry laws in Peru will result in significant improvements in logging practices. We adapt North's conceptual fram...
Smith, J.
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Colan, V.
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Sabogal, C.
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Snook, L.K.
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[Why policy reforms fail to improve logging practices: the role of governance and norms in Peru]
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Why policy reforms fail to improve logging practices: the role of governance and norms in Peru
Discussions on climate change and potential mechanisms to support conservation efforts have fixed the attention on incentives to conserve and protect forests. However, incentives alone will not do the job for forest conservation; what might? We use the case of Kutai National Park to examine the p...
Limberg, G.
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Moeliono, M.
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Indriatmoko, Y.
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Iwan, R.
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Utomo, N.A.
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Purwanto, E.
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Mulyana, A.
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[Incentives to conserve or convert? Can conservation compete with coal in Kutai National Park, Indonesia?]
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Incentives to conserve or convert? Can conservation compete with coal in Kutai National Park, Indonesia?
This paper assesses the influence of forest policies on forestry development, and especially timber production, in Bolivia during three different periods of time. The first period began in the early 1970s when a conservative forest policy was adopted privileging commercial logging companies, and ...
Pacheco, P.
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Jong, W. de
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Johnson, J.
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[The evolution of the timber sector in lowland Bolivia: examining the influence of three disparate policy approaches]
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The evolution of the timber sector in lowland Bolivia: examining the influence of three disparate policy approaches
Capistrano, D.
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[Gouvernance forestière et décentralisation en Afrique: enjeux et tendances]
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Gouvernance forestière et décentralisation en Afrique: enjeux et tendances
Clough, G.
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Cerutti, P.O.
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Nasi, Robert
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Tacconi, L.
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[Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans]
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Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans
This book is about the impacts of China's reforms on the forestry sector of its economy. This chapter introduces the objective of this book which is to examine the experience of China's forestry sector with respect to the full set of forest and nonforest policy reforms introduced since 1978 and f...
The purpose of this lecture note is to summarise different research results about the impact of macro-level factors and “extra-sectoral” policies on tropical forest cover. Specifically, we are interested in the forest margins - i.e. the spatial transition zone between tropical forests and convert...
Wunder, Sven
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Verbist, B.
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[The impact of trade and macroeconomic policies on frontier deforestation]
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The impact of trade and macroeconomic policies on frontier deforestation
This final chapter reviews the findings of the empirical chapters, summarizes authors observations for China, and explains these observations within the context of global forest policy. The institutions that define land tenure and the means of delivering tenurial rights is one great theme of Chin...
This study examines the preliminary impacts of Indonesia's decentralization process on the administration and management of forest resources in Ketapang District, West Kalimantan. The case study is based on field work carried out in mid-2000, using a rapid appraisal methodology. The report covers...
Soetarto, E.
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Sitorus, M.T.F.
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Napiri, M.Y.
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[Decentralisation of administration, policy making and forest management in Ketapang district, West Kalimantan]
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Decentralisation of administration, policy making and forest management in Ketapang district, West Kalimantan