Forests for People

Anne M Larson is Senior Research Associate with the Center for International Forestry Research and is based in Nicaragua. Her research has focused on conservation and development, decentralization, indigenous rights and forest governance. She holds a PhD in Wildland Resource Science from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. in Environmental Science from Stanford University. Deborah Barry is a Senior Research Associate at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Director of Country Programs for the Rights and Resources Initiative, based in Washington, DC. An economic and cultural geographer, her recent areas of work have been on community forestry in Mexico and Central America, forest tenure and governance and payment for environmental services with a concern for equity. Ganga Ram Dahal is a Research Consultant at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). He obtained his PhD in Forest Policy and Governance from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. His main areas of work include decentralisation, forest tenure, community forestry and institutions. Carol J. Pierce Colfer is an Anthropologist and Principal Scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research. In recent years her work has focused on adaptive collaborative management of forests, devolution and decentralization in forests, and landscape level forest governance. She holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from University of Washington in Seattle, 1974; and MPH (Master of Public Health) in International Health from the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1979.

Part I. Introduction

1. Tenure Change in the Global South

2. Forest Tenure Reform: An Orphan with Only Uncles

Part II. The Transfer of Tenure Rights

3. The Devolution of Management Rights and the Comanagement of Community Forests

4. From Discourse to Policy: The Practical Interface of Statutory and Customary Land and Forest Rights

Part III. Governance Institutions: Authority Relations and Social Movements

5. Authority Relations under New Forest Tenure Arrangements

6. Community Networks, Collective Action and Forest Management Benefits

Part IV. Regulations and Markets for Forest Products

7. Regulations as Barriers to Community Benefits in Tenure Reform

8. Communities and Forest Markets: Assessing the Benefits from Diverse Forms of Engagement

Part V. Outcomes and Conclusions

9. Outcomes of Reform for Livelihoods, Forest Condition and Equity

10. Conclusions and Reflections for the Future of Forest Tenure Reform

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