Numerous authors have stressed the importance of guaranteeing and protecting the tenure
and human rights of indigenous and other forest-based communities under schemes for …

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 …

This article reports on findings from a research project, in more than 30 sites in 10 countries
in Africa, Asia and Latin America, aimed at analyzing cases where changes in formal tenure …

This paper critically examines the dominant role of concrete in the modernization of Asian
cities since the mid twentieth century. While builders, architects, planners and citizens have …

" Forest tenure regimes in Asia have undergone significant changes in recent decades.
However, perhaps as a legacy of colonial regimes, governments are still the predominant …

Forest Tenure Reform: New Resource Rights for Forest-based C... : Conservation and Society
Forest Tenure Reform: New Resource Rights for Forest-based Communities? : Conservation …

Abstract In Southeast Asia, the presence of cleared and burned forests has long evoked
deep emotions, symbolism and representations that powerfully inform the governance of …

Forest tenure reforms have offered new opportunities for communities to obtain formal rights
to forests and forest benefits, but at the same time a variety of limitations are placed on …

Indigenous peoples have sometimes sought the formalization of their customary territories to
ensure the enforcement of their borders. The process of formalization, however, generates …

This chapter synthesizes the experiences and challenges in community-based mangrove
management in the Philippines in the context of changing climate. Over the past three …