Bluffstone / Robinson Forest Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa

Local Control for Improved Livelihoods, Forest Management, and Carbon Sequestration
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-59159-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

Reihe: Environment for Development

Forest tenure reforms are occurring in many developing countries around the world. These reforms typically include devolution of forest lands to local people and communities, which has attracted a great deal of attention and interest. While the nature and level of devolution vary by country, all have potentially important implications for resource allocation, local ecosystem services, livelihoods and climate change.

This book helps students, researchers and professionals to understand the importance and implications of these reforms for local environmental quality, climate change, and the livelihoods of villagers, who are often poor. It is shown that local forest management can often be more successful than top-down management of common pool forest resources. The relationship of local forest tenure reform to the important climate change initiative REDD+ is also considered.

The work includes a number of generic chapters and also detailed case studies from China, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Tanzania and Uganda. Using specific examples and a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives, including quantitative and qualitative analytical methods, the book provides an authoritative and critical picture of local forest reforms in light of the key challenges humanity faces today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bluffstone, Randall

Robinson, Elizabeth J.Z.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstwirtschaft, Forstwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Local Forest Reform - Theory and Experience

Randall A. Bluffstone, Elizabeth J. Z. Robinson and Mark Purdon

Part 1: Understanding Local Forest Management

2. Understanding Local Forest Tenure Reforms: Section Context and Overview

Mark Purdon

3. Collective Forest Tenure Reform in China: An Overview

Jintao Xu and William F. Hyde

4. Forest Tenure Reform in Ethiopia

Alemu Mekonnen and Randall A. Bluffstone

5. Some Background on Tanzania Forest Policy, Institutions and the Forest Land Tenure System

Godius Kahyarara

6. Forest Sector Reforms in Tanzania and Uganda

Mark Purdon, Razack B. Lokina and Mohamed Bukenya

Part 2: Evaluation of Local Forest Management

7. Local Implications of Local Forest Management: Section Context and Overview

Priscilla Cooke St. Claire and Mahesh Poudyal

8. Impact of Forest Management Decentralization on Rural Livelihoods: Evidence from Ethiopia

Dambala Gelo and Tekie Alemu

9. Local Forest Management Institutions and Their Role in Conserving Woody Species and Biodiversity: A Case Study in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Tirhas Mebrahtu and Berhanu Gebremedhin

10. Where to Collect? Community Forest Management and Disadvantaged Households in Nepal

Priscilla Cooke St. Claire

11. Local Community Participation under Reformed Forest Management in Kenya: Lessons and Policy Implications

Paul Guthiga, Wilfred Nyangena, Ogada Maurice Juma, and Geophrey Sikei

12. Community-Based Leasehold Forestry in Nepal: A Genuine Tenure Reform in Progress?

Mahesh Poudyal, Bhim Adhikari, and Jon Lovett

Part 3: Extending Local Forest Management to Include REDD+

13. Extending Local Forest Management to Include REDD+: Section Context and Overview

H. Jo Albers

14. REDD+ and Tenure: A Review of the Latest Developments in Research, Implementation and Public Policy Debates

Lisa Westholm, Robin Biddulph, Ida Hellmark and Anders Ekbom

15. Will REDD+ be Successful in Tanzania? Practical Issues of REDD+ Implementation

Elizabeth J. Z. Robinson, H. Jo Albers, Charles Meshack, and Razack B. Lokina

16. Can Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment of REDD+ Improve Forest Governance?

Daniel Slunge, Anders Ekbom, Fernando Loayza, Paul Guthiga, Wilfred Nyangena

17. Conclusion: Directions for Research and Implications for Policy

Elizabeth J.Z. Robinson, Randall A. Bluffstone, Jintao Xu and Wilfred Nyangena

Über Autor(innen)

Randall A. Bluffstone is Professor of Economics and Fellow of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University, USA and Research Associate with the Environment for Development (EfD) programme, administered from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Elizabeth J.Z. Robinson is Professor of Environmental Economics in the School of Agriculture, Policy, and Development, University of Reading, UK, and Research Associate with the Environment for Development (EfD) programme.