Beyond participation! Social innovations facilitating movement from authoritative state to participatory forest governance in Ukraine
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DOI: 10.1007/s10980-019-00787-x
Abstract: Tuning participatory processes is often insufficient to achieve transition from authoritative state to democratic and participatory forest governance due to institutional inertia and unwillingness to truly decentralize decision-making power. Social innovations as reconfigurations of relationships… read more here.
Keywords: state; forest governance; social innovations; authoritative state ... See more keywords
Non-state forest governance and ‘Responsibilization’: The prospects for FPIC under FSC certification in Northwest Russia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102142
Abstract: The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international non-state forest certification system. FSC has been developed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private business in order to mitigate forest conflicts. As a result, NGOs and the… read more here.
Keywords: state; forest governance; state forest; governance ... See more keywords
Mandatory legality licensing for exports of Indonesian timber products: Balancing the goals of forest governance and timber industries
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102384
Abstract: Abstract The government of Indonesia implements a Timber Legality Verification System (Sistem Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu/ SVLK) as an instrument to improve forest governance and secure better trade linkages to foreign markets. It obliges all exports… read more here.
Keywords: licensing exports; legality licensing; legality; timber ... See more keywords
Working together? Synergies in government and NGO roles for community forestry in the Indian Himalayas
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.09.016
Abstract: Abstract Community forestry literature promotes the idea that self-governance and self-organization lead to successful forest governance. However, this assumption marginalizes the different roles that external agents can play in organizing the communities to form forest… read more here.
Keywords: forestry; community forestry; forest governance; government ... See more keywords
Unearthing the myths of global sustainable forest governance
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DOI: 10.1017/sus.2020.11
Abstract: Non-technical summary Despite efforts to address the global forest crisis, deforestation and degradation continue, so we need to urgently revisit possible solutions. A failure to halt the global forest crisis contributes to climate change and… read more here.
Keywords: forest governance; global forest; forest crisis;
Non-state Actors in Forest Governance: Genesis, Status, Challenges and Way Forward
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DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2022.2128377
Abstract: ABSTRACT Non-state actors (NSA) have become increasingly important in forest management and governance but with strikingly limited research on this subject. Here, we critically review the historical evolution and roles of major NSA in forest… read more here.
Keywords: forest governance; state actors; non state; governance ... See more keywords
Public engagement in forest governance in Canada: whose values are being represented anyway?
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DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2020-0026
Abstract: Researchers and advocates have long argued that on-going engagement by broad segments of the public can help make forests and forest-based communities more sustainable and decisions more enduring. ... read more here.
Keywords: forest governance; public engagement; engagement forest; whose values ... See more keywords
Oaxaca and global forest governance: Indigenous autonomy, local institutions, and forest outcomes in Southern Mexico
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DOI: 10.2458/jpe.2296
Abstract: Oaxaca is the most biologically-and culturally-diverse state of Mexico, and considered by many to be a source of best practices for the role of Indigenous peoples in forest governance. Utilizing an original data set containing… read more here.
Keywords: mexico; institutions forest; forest governance; forest loss ... See more keywords