Mexico leads the world in community management of forests for the commercial production of timber. Yet this success story is not widely known, even in Mexico, despite the fact that communities around the globe are increasingly involved in managing their own forest resources. To assess the achievements and shortcomings of Mexico's community forest management programs and to offer approaches that can be applied in other parts of the world, this book collects fourteen articles that explore community forest management from historical, policy, economic, ecological, sociological, and political...
Mexico leads the world in community management of forests for the commercial production of timber. Yet this success story is not widely known, even...
Who has rights to forests and forest resources? 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...
Who has rights to forests and forest resources? In recent years governments in the South have transferred at least 200 million hectares of forests ...
Based on grassroots comparative research in over 30 communities in 12 countries and on three continents, this book provides an in-depth comparative study of community access, rights and the transfer of forest tenure rights.
Based on grassroots comparative research in over 30 communities in 12 countries and on three continents, this book provides an in-depth comparative st...
