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One of the challenges the communities face when managing forests is the lack of a systematic and transparent monitoring system that can be used to monitor their resource management strategies and to communicate their successes to outsiders. This paper argues that monitoring efforts will be sustai...


Hartanto, H.Lorenzo, M.C.B.Frio, A.L.[Collective action and learning in developing a local monitoring system]Collective action and learning in developing a local monitoring system
Cronkleton, P.Taylor, P.L.Barry, D.M.Stone-Jovicich, S.Schmink, M.[Gobernanza Ambiental y el surgimiento de movimientos forestales de base]Gobernanza Ambiental y el surgimiento de movimientos forestales de base
Taylor, P.L.Cronkleton, P.Barry, D.M.Stone-Jovicich, S.Schmink, M.[Si lo vieras con mis ojos: investigación colaborativa y cooperación con comunidades administradoras de bosques en Centroamérica]Si lo vieras con mis ojos: investigación colaborativa y cooperación con comunidades administradoras de bosques en Centroamérica
Autor: Snook, L.K.

Big-leaf mahogany was studied on nine mixed-species stands that became established naturally between 2 and 75 years ago after catastrophic disturbances (hurricane blowdown, fire, or bulldozer clearing). More than 50% of adult big-leaf mahogany trees had survived a severe hurricane, leaving 2.8 se...


Snook, L.K.[Regeneration, growth and sustainability of mahogany in Mexico's Yucatan forests]Regeneration, growth and sustainability of mahogany in Mexico's Yucatan forests

Forest governance is now recognized as a critical factor for effective resource management and enhancing livelihood outcomes. This paper recognizes the need for having learning element in the governing process, for which there has to be a continuous monitoring process in place. Based on recent st...


Ojha, H.Pokharel, B.McDougall, C.Paudel, K.[Learning to govern: how to improve monitoring system in community forestry in Nepal?]Learning to govern: how to improve monitoring system in community forestry in Nepal?

This paper looks at two interfacing trends shaping devolution of forest management in India: i. appropriation of space for forest management by diverse self-initiated community formations at the grass roots level despite state seizure of forests ii. state-driven devolution where government polici...


Sarin, M.Singh, N.M.Sundar, N.Boghal, R.K.[Devolution as a threat to democratic-decision making in forestry?: findings from three states in India]Devolution as a threat to democratic-decision making in forestry?: findings from three states in India
Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

The general reluctance of policy makers to include forests in discussions about global warming has changed with the development of measures to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). Mesoamerica presents a logical starting point to promote REDD due to the extent of its forest,...


Kaimowitz, D.[The prospects for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Mesoamerica]The prospects for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Mesoamerica
Autor: Moeliono, M.

This paper is an overview of participatory forest management in relation with property rights issue. It highlights the difficulty in defining property rights. Although the issues presented are applicable throughout tropical Asia, albeit less so in the Pacific, this paper is based primarily on the...


Moeliono, M.[Property rights and participatory forest management: an overview]Property rights and participatory forest management: an overview

This chapter synthesizes results from case studies of the effects of devolution policies on the management of forests in three Asian countries, China, India and the Philippines. It also seeks to explain the disappointing impacts of forest devolution policies in terms of the divergent interests an...


Edmunds, D.Wollenberg, Eva K.[Whose devolution is it anyway? divergent constructs, interests and capacities between the poorest forest users and states]Whose devolution is it anyway? divergent constructs, interests and capacities between the poorest forest users and states

Community forestry has transformed over the past 25 years from being an experimental means of providing wood-fuel for the rural poor to a community-led movement demanding reform of the forestry sector. International networks to promote community forestry, which emerged at very different moments i...


Colchester, M.Apte, T.Laforge, M.Mandondo, A.Pathak, N.[Bridging the gap: communities, forests and international networks]Bridging the gap: communities, forests and international networks

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