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   In pursuit of comparable concepts and data about collective action

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   December, 2003

   Forest Tenure

   natural resources management

   forest land

   forestry

   capacity development

   research

   Research on collective action confronts two major obstacles. First, inconsistency in the conceptualization and operationalization of collective action, the key factors expected to affect collective action, and the outcomes of collective action hampers the accumulation of knowledge. Inconsistent terminology obscures consistent patterns. Second, the scarcity of comparable data thwarts evaluation of the relative importance of the many variables identified in the literature as likely to influence collective action.

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   Natural resource conflicts and community organizations in Bangladesh

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   December, 2013

   Southern Asia, Asia, Bangladesh

   Forest Tenure

   fisheries

   forest land

   forestry

   forest management plans

   land management

   local communities

   This analysis assesses community based organization (CBO) performance including conflict management over three years among about 150 floodplain CBOs and reviews experience in the five forest protected areas with co-management.

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   Collective action to secure property rights for the poor

   A case study in Jambi Province, Indonesia

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   December, 2008

   South-Eastern Asia, Indonesia

   Forest Tenure

   natural resources management

   forest land

   property rights

   research

   poverty

   This study presents an approach to analyzing decentralized forestry and natural resource management and land property rights issues, and catalyzing collective action among villages and district governments. It focuses on understanding the current policies governing local people's access to property rights and decision making processes, and learning how collective action among community groups and interaction among stakeholders can enhance local people's rights over lands, resources, and policy processes for development.