Dahal Ganga Ram
Dahal Ganga Ram - Forests For People Community Rights And Forest Tenure Reform - Paperback
Dahal Ganga Ram - Forests For People Community Rights And Forest Tenure Reform - Paperback
Books
Regular price
$63.19 USD
Regular price
Sale price
$63.19 USD
Unit price
per
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Couldn't load pickup availability
Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 the process and outcomes of granting new rights assessing a variety of governance issues in implementation access to forest products and markets and outcomes for people and forests. Forest tenure reforms have been highly varied ranging from the titling of indigenous territories to the granting of small land areas for forest regeneration or the right to a share in timber revenues. While in many cases these rights have been significant new statutory rights do not automatically result in rights in practice and a variety of institutional weaknesses and policy distortions have limited the impacts of change. Through the comparison of selected cases the chapters explore the nature of forest reform the extent and meaning of rights transferred or recognized and the role of authority and citizens networks in forest governance. They also assess opportunities and obstacles associated with government regulations and markets for forest products and the effects across the cases on livelihoods forest condition and equity. Published with Cifor.
Title: Forests For People Community Rights And Forest Tenure Reform
Author(s): Dahal Ganga Ram
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781844079186
Pages: 280 Pages
Publication Date: 2/24/2010
Series: The Earthscan Forest Library
Category: Environmental Management
Description: 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 the process and outcomes of granting new rights assessing a variety of governance issues in implementation access to forest products and markets and outcomes for people and forests. Forest tenure reforms have been highly varied ranging from the titling of indigenous territories to the granting of small land areas for forest regeneration or the right to a share in timber revenues. While in many cases these rights have been significant new statutory rights do not automatically result in rights in practice and a variety of institutional weaknesses and policy distortions have limited the impacts of change. Through the comparison of selected cases the chapters explore the nature of forest reform the extent and meaning of rights transferred or recognized and the role of authority and citizens networks in forest governance. They also assess opportunities and obstacles associated with government regulations and markets for forest products and the effects across the cases on livelihoods forest condition and equity. Published with Cifor.
Title: Forests For People Community Rights And Forest Tenure Reform
Author(s): Dahal Ganga Ram
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781844079186
Pages: 280 Pages
Publication Date: 2/24/2010
Series: The Earthscan Forest Library
Category: Environmental Management
