Managing Forests As Common Property
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Managing Forests as Common Property
This study brings together available information about the role of common property as a system of governance and its current relevance to forest management and use. It reviews the historical record of common property systems that have disappeared or survived, and it examines the experience of selected contemporary collective management programmes in different countries. The paper identifies the main factors that appear to determine success or failure at present. Contents Chapter 1: Background; Introduction, Defining common property concepts and terms, Common property or open access? Institutional factors, Circumstances favouring common property, Forest resources and outputs as common property; Chapter 2: Learning From Systems With Historical And Indigenous Origins; Southeast Asia, South Asia, Forest belt, Hill areas, Low rainfall plains, Sub-saharan Africa, South America, Lessons learned, The decline in management of forests as common property, Common property regimes that have endured or emerged; Chapter 3: Case Studies of Contemporary Collective And Co-Management Systems; Management of natural resources on communal lands, Ejido forests-Mexico, Campfire-Zimbabwe, Joint or collective management of areas of state forest, Hill community forestry-Nepal, Van panchayats-Uttar Pradesh, India, Joint forest management-India, Management of forestry and agriculture on forest land, Communal forest stewardship agreements-The Philippines, Forest villages-Thailand, Management of collective forestation on village lands, Social forestry village woodlots-India, Village forestry-Republic of Korea; Chapter 4: Assessing the Implications of Past And Ongoing Experience; A framework for analysis, Identifying local circumstances favourable to common property management, Characteristics of the group of users, Attributes of institutional arrangements, Economic pressure and opportunities, The legal and tenurial context, Conflict resolution, The presence of the state, Decentralization and devolution, Transition issues within forest departments, NGOs as intermediaries and providers of support services; Chapter 5: Conclusions; Broader factors affecting choice of forest management regimes, Supporting local collective management of forests, Local factors affecting capacity to organize and manage.
Managing Forests as Common Property
Author: J. E. M. Arnold
language: en
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Release Date: 1998-01-01
The purpose of this study is to bring together available information about the role of common property as a system of governance and its present relevance to forest management and use, to review the historical record of common property systems that have disappeared or survived, to examine the experience of selected contemporary collective management programmes in different countries, and to identify the main factors that appear to determine success or failure at the present time.
Natural Resource Management And Sustainable Development In North-East India
Papers presented at theNational Seminar on Natural Resources and Tribal Communities in Northeast India, held at Pasighat during 7-8 February 2006.