Forests for people : community rights and forest tenure reform / edited by Anne M. Larson. [and others].
2010
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Title
Forests for people : community rights and forest tenure reform / edited by Anne M. Larson. [and others].
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Imprint
London ; Washington : Earthscan, 2010.
Description
1 online resource (xv, 263 pages).
Series
Earthscan forest library.
Formatted Contents Note
pt. 1. Introduction
pt. 2. The transfer of tenure rights
pt. 3. Governance institutions : authority relations and social movements
pt. 4. Regulations and markets for forest products
pt. 5. Outcomes and conclusions.
pt. 2. The transfer of tenure rights
pt. 3. Governance institutions : authority relations and social movements
pt. 4. Regulations and markets for forest products
pt. 5. Outcomes and conclusions.
Summary
"In recent years governments in the South have transferred at least 200 million hectares of forests to communities living in and around them. This book assesses the experience of what appears to be a new international trend that has substantially increased the share of the world's forests under community administration. Based on research in over 30 communities in selected countries in Asia (India, Nepal, Philippines, Laos, Indonesia), Africa (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana) and Latin America (Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua), it examines the process and outcomes of granting new rights, assessing a variety of governance issues in implementation, access to forest products and markets and outcomes for people and forests. Forest tenure reforms have been highly varied, ranging from the titling of indigenous territories to the granting of small land areas for forest regeneration or the right to a share in timber revenues. While in many cases these rights have been significant, new statutory rights do not automatically result in rights in practice, and a variety of institutional weaknesses and policy distortions have limited the impacts of change. Through the comparison of selected cases, the chapters explore the nature of forest reform, the extent and meaning of rights transferred or recognized, and the role of authority and citizens' networks in forest governance. They also assess opportunities and obstacles associated with government regulations and markets for forest products and the effects across the cases on livelihoods, forest condition and equity."--Publisher's description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-245) and index.
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Taylor & Francis Online
Language
English
ISBN
9781849774765 (e-book : PDF)
9781136543722 (e-book: Mobi)
9781136543760 (e-book: ePub)
9781136543777 (e-book: PDF)
9781844079179 (hardback)
9781844079186 (paperback)
9781136543722 (e-book: Mobi)
9781136543760 (e-book: ePub)
9781136543777 (e-book: PDF)
9781844079179 (hardback)
9781844079186 (paperback)
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