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   Forty years of community-based forestry

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2016

   France, Switzerland, United States of America, Gambia, Sweden, Fiji, China, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Congo, Malawi, Solomon Islands, Nepal, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, India, Mexico, Brazil, Mongolia

   Forest Tenure

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   customary tenure

   land governance

   land tenure

   community forestry

   Indigenous Peoples

   forest land

   land tenure systems

   indigenous people's tenure

   Since the 1970s and 1980s, community-based forestry has grown in popularity, based on the concept that local communities, when granted sufficient property rights over local forest commons, can organize autonomously and develop local institutions to regulate the use of natural resources and manage them sustainably. Over time, various forms of community-based forestry have evolved in different countries, but all have at their heart the notion of some level of participation by smallholders and community groups in planning and implementation.