While community forestry has shown promise to reduce rural poverty, improve reforestation and potentially offset carbon emissions, many projects have failed, either partly or completely.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksNovember, 2015Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksOctober, 2015Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico
Las mujeres son importantes usuarias de recursos forestales. Sin embargo, su participación en la gobernanza forestal es limitada, y las razones de esta situación han sido poco estudiadas en México. Este artículo sostiene que la discriminación de género en la tenencia de la tierra, la división genérica del trabajo, la inequitativa distribución de beneficios y la visión estrictamente comercial de planes de manejo contribuyen a la exclusión femenina del manejo forestal comunitario (mfc).
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchOctober, 2015India
This paper presents case studies of two tribal villages - Mendha Lekha and Jamguda - successfully running forest-based bamboo businesses under the community forest rights provisions of Forest Rights Act (2006). We have documented the issues faced by the villagers in claiming community forest rights, issues faced in harvesting and sale of bamboo, and business practices adopted by both the villages.
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Analysing bureaucratic responsibilities influencing tropical rainforest transformation systems
Peer-reviewed publicationFebruary, 2015IndonesiaTropical forests in Indonesia are subject to major transformation processes from native forests to other land uses, including rubber agroforestry as well as rubber and oil palm plantation systems. Using content analysis of policy documents, this paper aims at (i) analysing the formal administrative responsibilities related to the four rainforest transformation systems and (ii) based on the informal motives of the competing bureaucracies involved generating hypotheses on their future course of action and related research.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Cameroon, Middle Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Cameroon, Middle Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Mexico, Central America
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2015Indonesia, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2015Indonesia, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015
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