Governance

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In Burkina Faso, livestock sedentarization programmes are still at the top of policy makers’ agendas and at the heart of...

Authors: Gonin, A.; Gautier, D.

Appropriation of public lands associated with agricultural frontier expansion is a longstanding occurrence in the Amazon that has resulted in...

Authors: Pacheco, P.; Benatti, J.H.

In Ethiopia, deforestation rates remain high and the gap between demand and domestic supply of forest products is expanding, even...

Authors: Lemenih, H.; Kassa, H.

Lands inhabited by indigenous peoples often have low population density but abundant natural resources. For those reasons, many actors have...

Authors: Reyes-García, V.; Paneque-Gálvez, J.; Bottazi, P.; Luz, A.C.; Gueze, M.; Macía, M.J.; Orta-Martínez, M.; Pacheco, P.

Since the confluence of the food and oil price crises of the mid 2000s, Ghana has become a prime destination...

Authors: Schoneveld, G.; German, L.

We test the applicability of two different methods for quantifying carbon (C) stocks in five tropical peat sites in Sumatra,...

Authors: Farmer, J.; Matthews, R.; Smith, P.; Langan, C.; Hergoualc';h, K.; Verchot, L.; Smith, J.U.

Gender and governance or management are topics that have been inadequately addressed by researchers, with resulting very slow progress towards gender...

Authors: Colfer, C.J.P.; Achdiawan, R.; Adnan, H.; Erni; Yuliani, L.; Balang; LepMil

In Cameroon, the provisions of Decree No. 76-166 of 27 April 1976 to establish the terms and conditions for the...

Authors: Assembe-Mvondo, S.; Brockhaus, M.; Lescuyer, G.

A major challenge for many researchers and practitioners relates to how to recognize and address cross-scale dynamics in space and...

Authors: Mwangi, E.; Wardell, D.A.

The introduction of participatory forestry management (PFM) in Kenya has led to the formation of community forest associations (CFAs). Data...

Authors: Mogoi, J.; Obonyo, E.; Ongugo, P.; Oeba, V.; Mwangi, E.

This paper examines the emerging role of secondary level organisations in the democratisation of forest governance by analysing two cases...

Authors: Paudel, N.S.; Monterroso, I.; Cronkleton, P.

Significant tenure reforms have taken place over public forestlands in the past 20 years in Latin America. These reforms differ...

Authors: Pacheco, P.; Barry, D.; Cronkleton, P.; Larson, A.M.

Rights to forests have been contested for hundreds of years, and the vast majority of the world’s forests (approximately 73%)...

Authors: Larson, A.M.; Monterroso, I.; Banjade, M.R.; Mwangi, E.

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Authors: Cronkleton, P.

This book provides a novel approach to governance relating to biodiversity and human well-being in complex tropical landscapes, including forests...

Authors: Colfer, C.J.P.; Pfund, J.L.; eds

Many countries around the world are engaged in decentralization processes, and most African countries face serious problems with forest governance,...

Authors: German, L.; Karsenty, A.; Tiani, A.M.; eds

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Authors: Diaw, M.C.; Aseh, T.; Prabhu, R.; (eds.)

Key messages

• Miskitu and Mayangna women from rural forest-dependent communities in the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region (Región Autónoma de la...

  Authors: Flores, S.; Evans, K.; Larson, A.M.; Pikitle, A.; Marchena, R.

Key lessons

• Benefit sharing (BS) approaches in community forestry (CF) are differentiated into: rights allocation-based, input-based and performance-based, from initiation to...

  Authors: Nawir, A.A.; Paudel, N.S.; Wong, G.Y.; Luttrell, C.

"Participation" is an insufficient measure to safeguard women’s interests. Rather, gender-responsive analyses are needed to understand real and perceived gender...

Authors: Larson, A.M.; Dokken, T.; Duchelle, A.E.

Collective action and property rights are two institutions that can significantly contribute to poverty reduction. Collective action...

Authors: Mwangi, E.; Markelova, H.; Meinzen-Dick, R.

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Authors: Banjade, M.R.; Herawati, T.; Liswanti, N.; Mwangi, E.

This study adopts an institutional approach to analyze the way in which informal rules, in their interaction with formal rules,...

Authors: Pacheco, P.; Barry, D.; Cronkleton, P.; Larson, A.M.

This occasional paper is based on the results of a three-year project examining the emergence of forest-based grassroots movements in...

Authors: Cronkleton, P.; Taylor, P.L.; Barry, D.; Stone-Jovicich, S.; Schmink, M.