Research frontiers in community forest management
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.06.003
Abstract: Community forest management (CFM) has been promoted worldwide as a means to conserve forests, recognize community rights, and improve local livelihoods. Here, we synthesize findings across recent CFM studies and identify two thematic and one… read more here.
Keywords: forest management; frontiers community; community forest; community ... See more keywords
Forest power: The impact of community forest management on female empowerment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107105
Abstract: Abstract Community forest management (CFM) systems have been implemented in developing countries as forest conservation initiatives with community development objectives. Women are often active in CFM by participating in non-timber forest product harvesting and management.… read more here.
Keywords: community; forest management; community forest; management ... See more keywords
Are Mayan community forest reserves effective in fulfilling people's needs and preserving tree species?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.097
Abstract: Mayan community forest reserves (MCFR) play an important role in agricultural landscapes in Mexico, as they provide forest products and a broad variety of benefits that contribute to improving local people's livelihoods. Nevertheless, academia has… read more here.
Keywords: community forest; conservation; mayan community; forest reserves ... See more keywords
The impacts of human activity on mammals in a community forest near the Dja Biosphere Reserve in Cameroon
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DOI: 10.1017/s0030605321000806
Abstract: Abstract Human activity in African tropical rainforests continues to threaten wild mammals. Many rural communities are dependent on hunting, yet there is a widespread lack of baseline data on ecology and the sustainability of hunting.… read more here.
Keywords: human activity; community forest; dja biosphere; activity ... See more keywords
Assessing factors to successful management for small-scale community forest under threat of urban growth: in a case of Ban Na Kham Noi community forest, Mukdahan, Thailand
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DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2019.1631184
Abstract: ABSTRACT Many small-scale community forests are being threatened by urbanization, including Ban Na Kham Noi Community forest (BCF), located close to the Mukdahan Special Economic Zone (MSEZ), Northeastern Thailand. Decision makers may experience difficulty in… read more here.
Keywords: community forest; community; management; forestry ... See more keywords
Factors influencing household participation in community forest management: evidence from Udon Thani Province, Thailand
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DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2019.1632211
Abstract: ABSTRACT Rural communities in Thailand have long managed and used forest resources for their livelihoods. Using survey data collected from 400 households across two villages in northeastern Thailand, this study identifies the factors influencing household… read more here.
Keywords: forest management; participation; household; community forest ... See more keywords
Measuring social capital in Indonesian community forest management
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DOI: 10.1080/21580103.2017.1355335
Abstract: ABSTRACT Social capital provides an overview of a community's togetherness, unity, and mutual trust in achieving common goals towards sustainable development. Community forest management requires a certain level of social capital for sustainable forest management.… read more here.
Keywords: community forest; forest management; social capital; capital ... See more keywords
Floristic diversity and exploitable potential of commercial timber species in the Cobaba community forest in Eastern Cameroon: implications for forest management
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DOI: 10.1080/21580103.2020.1750493
Abstract: Abstract One of the forms of forest management is community forestry which is as an alternative to state-managed conservation. Knowledge of the wood potential and exploitable species is a prerequisite for the sustainable management of… read more here.
Keywords: forest management; diversity; community forest; community ... See more keywords
Land cover change effects from community forest management in Michoacán, Mexico
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DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/accdef
Abstract: More than half of Mexico’s forests and about a third of the forests of the world are communally owned. Despite this, community forest management (CFM) is the least studied forest management policy, and existing studies… read more here.
Keywords: community forest; management; forest management; land cover ... See more keywords
Community forest enterprises and social enterprises: the confluence of two streams of literatures for sustainable natural resource management
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DOI: 10.1108/sej-10-2020-0096
Abstract: Purpose Community forest enterprises (CFEs) represent a unique business model in the forest sector which has significant potential to foster community development through sustainable utilization of forest resources. However, CFEs are mired in numerous management… read more here.
Keywords: community; community forest; social enterprises; management ... See more keywords
Bureaucratic Recentralisation of Nepal's Community Forestry Sector
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DOI: 10.1505/146554819827906861
Abstract: SUMMARY This paper explores the forest bureaucracy's practices of implementing community forest policies in Nepal and how this shapes the realities of community forestry for forest user groups. To this end, we conducted a content… read more here.
Keywords: forest bureaucrats; community forestry; community forest; community ... See more keywords