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Ecology and Society, 2016 For programs that aim to promote forest conservation and poverty alleviation, such as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), the participation of indigenous communities is essential to meet program goals.
Wain Collen +3 more
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Earth System Governance, 2020 Studies on stability and change in modes of environmental governance often remain implicit regarding the conceptualisation, nature and causes of stability and change. Moreover, they are selective in the addressed explanatory factors.
Dries L.T. Hegger +3 more
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Forest Governance Effectiveness of Community- and Government-managed Forests in Cameroon
International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 2022 Effective implementation of forest governance principles such as transparency, participation, accountability, coordination, capacity, user rights protection and security driven by positive government interventions are instrumental for sustainable forest management.
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Ecology and Society, 2017 In this study we analyze gender relations legitimatized by socio-political institutions of forest governance in REDD+ pilots in Équateur Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Raymond Achu Samndong +1 more
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Nature-Based Solutions, 2021 Urban forest strategies aimed at the retention and protection of existing urban trees are an expression of nature-based solutions (NbS), understood broadly as actions that can address environmental, ecological, and societal challenges.
Camilo Ordóñez
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Indigenous Peoples' Concerns About Loss of Forest Knowledge: Implications for Forest Management
Conservation & Society, 2018 Although indigenous populations' participatory rights are recognised as a worldwide priority in forest management, local practices vary in interpretation, scope, and efficacy.
Savanna L Carson +5 more
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Collaborative governance for forest land use policy implementation and development
Cogent Social Sciences, 2022 This study analyses forestry governance by assessing the situation of local and central governments’ land-use activities. Governance networks and regulations on intergovernmental functions support to shape patterns of coordination.
Sataporn Roengtam, Agustiyara Agustiyara
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A fine mess: Bricolaged forest governance in Cameroon
International Journal of the Commons, 2015 Value chains of Cameroonian non-timber forest products move through harvesters, processors and traders, to consumers locally and worldwide. This paper characterises six governance arrangements governing eight such chains: statutory and customary ...
Verina Ingram +2 more
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Forests and Food Security: What’s Gender Got to Do with It?
Social Sciences, 2017 Hunger remains a key development problem in the 21st century. Within this context, there is renewed attention to the importance of forests and their role in supplementing the food and nutrition needs of rural populations.
Kiran Asher, Annie Shattuck
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Towards concessions 2.0 in Central Africa. Managing overlapping rights between industrial concessions and community forestry [PDF]
, 2016 In Central Africa, industrial forest concessions and protected areas occupy most of the forested space while community forests are confined to the margins.
Karsenty, Alain, Vermeulen, Cédric
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