Does Tanzanian participatory forest management policy achieve its governance objectives?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2019.102077
Abstract: Before the 1980s, centralized forest policies in many African countries excluded local communities, while forest resources were frequently degraded. In response, Participatory Forest Management (PFM) was introduced to devolve management and improve livelihoods, forest condition… read more here.
Keywords: forest management; policy; management; participatory forest ... See more keywords
Performance of success and failure in grassroots conservation and development interventions: Gender dynamics in participatory forest management in India
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.05.061
Abstract: Abstract Co-governance of forests, or participatory forest management, has been a wide-spread conservation and development (C&D) intervention in India for over two decades. The practice began in the 1990s as Joint Forest Management (JFM), where… read more here.
Keywords: forest management; conservation development; management; success ... See more keywords
Developing capacity of forest users through participatory forest management: Evidence from Madhupur Sal forest in Bangladesh
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DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2018.1540991
Abstract: ABSTRACT Participatory forest management is credited for supporting social learning processes and fostering capacity of forest users for collaboration and collective actions. Despite more than a decade of practice, the empirical evidence substantiating the contribution… read more here.
Keywords: forest management; capacity; management; capacity forest ... See more keywords
Factors Influencing Household Participation in a Participatory Forest Management Scheme: Bench-Sheko Zone, Southwest Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2020.1867184
Abstract: This study examines the factors influencing household participation in participatory forest management (PFM) in the Bench-Sheko Zone of Southwest Ethiopia. The study was conducted in two woredas (G... read more here.
Keywords: forest management; household participation; participation participatory; participatory forest ... See more keywords
Performance of participatory forest management in Ethiopia: institutional arrangement versus local practices
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DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2015.1024703
Abstract: The field of community-based natural resource management has been receiving growing scientific attention over the past two decades. Most studies, however, focus on investigating institutional designs and outcomes and pay scant attention to how community-based… read more here.
Keywords: management; forest management; participatory forest; institutional arrangement ... See more keywords
A proposed framework for participatory forest restoration in semiarid areas of North Africa
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DOI: 10.1111/rec.12486
Abstract: This study was carried out by the University of Abdelmalek Esaadi (Tetouan, Morocco) and the University of Alicante (Spain), and was funded by the projects SEMER (AECID: Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarrollo,… read more here.
Keywords: restoration semiarid; proposed framework; restoration; forest restoration ... See more keywords