 | Adaptive
Collaborative Management (ACM) |
| Improving
the ability of forest stakeholders to adjust to heir systems of management and
organization to respond more effectively to the challenge of trying to manage
a complex and dynamic system is an urgent task. The ACM research focuses on developing
and testing the concepts, management principles, tools and policy options needed
to help strengthen this ability. We also aim to understand under what conditions
such innovations can lead to real improvements in human well-being and forest
quality. |
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 | CAPRi Research Project "Collective Action to Secure Property Rights for the Poor: Avoiding Elite Capture of Natural Resource Benefits and Governance Systems" |
| A participatory action research team worked with local communities (women’s and men’s groups) in two districts in Jambi through planning-action-reflection steps attempting to engage in equitable collective action, to secure property rights and to articulate aspirations through development forums. The team also worked with district level local officials identifying forestry and natural resource policies that affect the lives of local communities and communities’ abilities to engage in collective action, and facilitated district officials in their interaction with local community groups, private companies, NGOs and the Ministry of Forestry, focused on collaborative land use planning and forest resource benefit distribution. |
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 | Devolution |
| This research project
focuses on the question "What kinds of government-civil society relations enable
people living near forests to influence forest management decisions, improve their
livelihood and enhance forest resources?" |
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 | Institutional
Analysis |
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 | Accommodating
Multiple Interests |
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is often assumed that having a community representative in a meeting or decision-making
body concerning resource management assures that the communities' interests are
being met. The purpose of this research is to show why most community representation
in resource management processes has not been not effective. The intent is to
provide suggestions for how to improve such representation, especially as opportunities
for pluralistic input into policy making increase and the capacities of villagers
to participate in such processes are greater than ever before (with increasing
tools for communication such as maps, NGO facilitation etc). The conclusions should
prove useful for improving the selection of representatives and their functions
within policy-making. |