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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1998Nigeria, United States of America, Belize, Samoa, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Peru, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Cameroon, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Madagascar, Italy, Netherlands, India, Mexico, Brazil
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1998Honduras, Belize, Chile, Germany, Peru, Guatemala, Jamaica, Bolivia, Canada, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Kenya, Ecuador, Argentina, Bahamas, Mexico, Cuba
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1998France, United States of America, Sweden, Peru, Indonesia, Bolivia, Canada, Guinea, Cameroon, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Philippines, South Africa, Malaysia, Italy, Papua New Guinea, United Kingdom, Norway, Suriname, Africa
The Government of South Africa has a major holding of forest land, with a total estate covering 892,000 ha of forest and associated land. Within the state's forest holding there is a wide diversity of forest and land types including: commercial plantations and other afforested land; indigenous forests; legally protected (indigenous) forest areas; and associated bare land. This land is partly owned by the state and partly held on behalf of local communities, some of whom also have existing rights to use the forest land for various purposes.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1998Fiji, United States of America, Mali, Samoa, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Vanuatu, Canada, Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Mozambique, Philippines, South Africa, Australia, Madagascar, Italy, Papua New Guinea
Community-based natural resource management and local users of natural resources can, and in many cases do, manage resources sustainably – if their rights to do so are recognized and protected, if appropriate institutions are in place or can be developed, and if the benefits are significant, obvious and secure. The article analyses one facet of the complex relationship between law and community-based management: the problem of how national laws recognize community-based land-owning or resource managing groups.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1998Honduras, United States of America, Belize, Germany, Peru, Guatemala, Bolivia, Canada, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Kenya, Italy, Bahamas, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba
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