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 …

At their most local, initiatives to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation
(REDD) will depend on rural people to manage forest resources. Although the design of …

Little attention has been paid to the role of forest produce organizations in social
development. The collective principles of forest producer organizations allow them to …

Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised
by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for …

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 …

" 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 …

Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are a source of income for local communities. This study
aims to clarify the customary management system adopted in benzoin tree cultivation as well …

Significant tenure reforms have taken place over public forestlands in the past 20 years in
Latin America. These reforms differ from previous tenure reforms with respect to their origins …

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 …