In this review paper, we assess the economical, governance, and technical conditions that
shape forest management in tropical Latin America with particular regard to efforts to reduce …

Using community forest management to achieve REDD+ goals Page 227 Chapter 16 Using
community forest management to achieve REDD+ goals Arun Agrawal and Arild Angelsen • …

Over 400 million hectares of tropical forests are managed for timber production, comprising
more than half of the remaining global permanent tropical forest estate. A growing proportion …

Responding to multiple problems affecting governance of natural resource access and
trade, governments implement formalization processes, often driven by the interests of …

In the Multiple-Use Zone of Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve, the usufruct rights to
timber and non-timber forest resources were granted through concession agreements to 12 …

Brazil recently began granting timber concessions in public forests to promote sustainable
forest use. The effectiveness of this strategy hinges on the design and implementation of the …

The combined impacts of multiple locally-controlled forestry (LCF) businesses will play a key
role in shaping the fate of forest landscapes. This article analyses how such enterprises …

O manejo florestal é uma boa alternativa à exploração predatória dos recursos florestais.
Para aumentar a adoção do manejo florestal e evitar o desmatamento ilegal e a ocupação …

To allow for the production of timber while preserving conservation values, forestry
regulations in the Congo Basin have made Forest Management Plans (FMP) mandatory in …

Reform in the forest sector in Peru resulted in a new forestry law, developed with substantial
input from international conservation and donor organizations. While it incorporates the …