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Bjornlund, HenningPittock, J.[Exploring the productivity and profitability of small-scale communal irrigation systems in Sub-Saharan Africa]Exploring the productivity and profitability of small-scale communal irrigation systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

Forests play a significant role in the global carbon budget, and can help to mitigate climate change impacts. Tropical forests which experience high rates of deforestation and forest degradation are particularly important, as they are the most active in winter. Based on academic research into glo...


Djomo, A.N.Grant, J.A.Lucha, C.F.Gagoe, J.T.Fonton, N.H.Scott, N.Sonwa, D.J.[Forest governance and REDD+ in Central Africa: towards a participatory model to increase stakeholder involvement in carbon markets]Forest governance and REDD+ in Central Africa: towards a participatory model to increase stakeholder involvement in carbon markets

The food systems upon which humanity depends face multiple interdependent environmental, social and economic threats in the 21st Century. Yet, the governance of these systems, which determines to a large extent the ability to adapt and transform in response to these challenges, is underresearched...


Bers, Caroline vanDelaney, AogánEakin, HallieCramer, LauraPurdon, MarkOberlack, ChristophEvans, TomPahl-Wostl, ClaudiaEriksen, SiriJones, LindseyKorhonen-Kurki, KaisaVasileiou, Ioannis[Advancing the research agenda on food systems governance and transformation]Advancing the research agenda on food systems governance and transformation

Candela, S.Stoian, D.Somarriba, E.Villalobos, M.[Formas y efectos de la gobernanza forestal en los territorios indigenas Bribri y Cabecar de Alta Talamanca, Costa Rica]Formas y efectos de la gobernanza forestal en los territorios indigenas Bribri y Cabecar de Alta Talamanca, Costa Rica

The last decade has seen profound overhauls of governance in many tropical countries. Countries have adopted new economic policies, very much influenced by free-market thinking, and a reduced regulatory role of the state and its subsidiaries. This coincided with widespread decentralization of gov...


Jong, W. deBecker, M.Ruiz, S.Gottwald, C.[The impact of decentralised forest governance: a case study from Bolivia]The impact of decentralised forest governance: a case study from Bolivia

South Africa, influenced by global trends towards good governance and sustainable natural resource management, has begun to adopt a participatory management approach to state-owned indigenous forests. This study, in a remote communal area and State Forest in the Eastern Cape, sought to understand...


Grundy, I.M.Campbell, Bruce M.White, R.M.Prabhu, R.Jensen, S.Ngamile, T.N.[Participatory forest management in conservation areas: the case of Cwebe, South Africa]Participatory forest management in conservation areas: the case of Cwebe, South Africa

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.Colan, V.Sabogal, C.Snook, L.K.[Why policy reforms fail to improve logging practices: the role of governance and norms in Peru]Why policy reforms fail to improve logging practices: the role of governance and norms in Peru

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

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.Moeliono, M.Indriatmoko, Y.Iwan, R.Utomo, N.A.Purwanto, E.Mulyana, A.[Incentives to conserve or convert? Can conservation compete with coal in Kutai National Park, Indonesia?]Incentives to conserve or convert? Can conservation compete with coal in Kutai National Park, Indonesia?
Mwangi, E.[The struggle to understand: Elinor Ostrom and institutions for the governance of forests]The struggle to understand: Elinor Ostrom and institutions for the governance of forests

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