Dry forests are dominant vegetation types in East Africa. The contribution of these resources to local livelihoods is poorly understood.…
Authors: Teshome, B.; Kassa, H.; Mohammed, Z.; Padoch, C.
Articles
Formalization as Development in Land and Natural Resource Policy: Special Issue
Publication Year : 2015
This special issue originated from a series of case studies prepared for the EU-funded project “Policy and regulatory options to…
Authors: Putzel, L.; (ed.)
Frontiers of Commodification: State Lands and Their Formalization
Publication Year : 2015
Formal property rights are integral to contemporary global- and national-scale land transactions, and prerequisite to international institutions’ recognition of any…
Authors: Kelly, A.B.; Peluso, N.L.
Market Formalization, Governance, and the Integration of Community Fisheries in the Brazilian Amazon
Publication Year : 2015
A major trend in global trade in forest, animal, and agricultural products is the implementation of importation policies and development…
Authors: McGrath, D.; Castello, L.; Almeida, O.T.; Estupiñán, G.M.B.
Shifting Formalization Policies and Recentralizing Power: The Case of Zimbabwe’s Artisanal Gold Mining Sector
Publication Year : 2015
In the 1990s, government authorities in Zimbabwe introduced internationally praised policies to formalize the artisanal and small-scale mining sector, using…
Authors: Spiegel, S.J.
Formalization of the Natural Product Trade in Southern Africa: Unintended Consequences and Policy Blurring in Biotrade and Bioprospecting
Publication Year : 2015
Concerns about ecological sustainability and inequality are driving increased formalization of the natural product trade, including both biotrade of bulk,…
Authors: Wynberg, R.; Laird, S.A.; van Niekerk, J.; Kozanayi, W.
Formalization as Development in Land and Natural Resource Policy
Publication Year : 2015
Responding to multiple problems affecting governance of natural resource access and trade, governments implement formalization processes, often driven by the…
Authors: Putzel, L.; Kelly, A.; Cerutti, P.O.; Artati, Y.
Formalization and Collective Appropriation of Space on Forest Frontiers: Comparing Communal and Individual Property Systems in the Peruvian and Ecuadoran Amazon
Publication Year : 2015
This article compares and contrasts communal and individual properties to examine the relationship between state efforts to formalize property rights…
Authors: Cronkleton, P.; Larson, A.M.
Formalizing the Logging Sector in Indonesia: Historical Dynamics and Lessons for Current Policy Initiatives
Publication Year : 2015
This article reviews the Indonesian central government’s efforts to regulate logging activities in historical perspective to draw lessons for the…
Authors: Obidzinski, K.; Kusters, K.
Deforestation-free commitments: The challenge of implementation – An application to Indonesia
Publication Year : 2015
The deforestation-free movement (or zero-deforestation) has emerged recently in a context of lower state control, globalization and pressure on corporations…
Authors: Pirard, R.; Fishman, A.; Gnych, S.; Obidzinski, K.; Pacheco, P.