Forests provide important economic resource for the rural and urban poor, providing everything from fuelwood and timber, cooking oils and bushmeat to agricultural inputs and medicinal products. They are also the source of globally-valued products and services. Public involvement in forest management has important governance dimensions, and major implications for the integration of poor rural producers into the national and international economy.
ODI is working to increase understanding of the livelihood values of forests, and to identify opportunities for the rural poor to obtain greater benefits from the commercial use of forest products.
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show details hide details A Review of the Multi-Sectoral Forest Protection Committees in the Philippines
Accelerating forest destruction in the Philippines led, in the post-Marcos era, to some major reforms in the forest governance and management. A participatory approach to forest monitoring was adopted, involving the establishment of 'Multi-Sectoral Forest Protection Committees' (MFPCs)
Forestry Briefing 6 - February 2005
Rex Victor O. Cruz and Maricel A. Tapia
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In South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique there are a plethora of policy
statements, approaches and initiatives that are seeking to commercialise tourism and forestry assets, while simultaneously incorporating some element of community involvement. Despite important differences, similar overall assumptions concerning the role of the private sector, communities and government are reflected in these policy approaches.
Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa Research Paper 18 - March 2003
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show details hide details Forest Policies, Forest Politics
An overview chapter which discusses the political and institutional context of forestry policy is followed by four case studies which examine institutional constraints on forestry policy and woodland management in Mali, urban-rural conflict over wood fuel-use in Nigeria and the 'reality of the commons' in Somalia
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Gill Shepherd
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show details hide detailsIllegal logging: who gains from tighter controls?
There is increasing recognition that the conservation and sustainable management of forests depend on a consensus in society over the rules and regulations under which forest goods are processed. However, despite the widespread promotion of forest management plans, timber harvest controls and traditional law enforcement, illegality within the sector remains widespread.
ODI Opinion 26 - July 2004
Adrian Wells and David Brown
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In this article we review and challenge the pervasive view that commercialisation of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) can (easily) achieve ecosystem and species conservation as well as improving livelihoods.
Article in Development Policy Review (buy) - 2007
Brian Belcher and Kate Schreckenberg
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show details hide detailsNew Technologies in support of Forest Governance: factors influencing success
This paper examines how new technologies are being introduced as a means to strengthen national forest governance systems, taking the example of Brazil where their uptake is advancing rapidly. Some key elements to consider when contemplating the introduction of new technologies are described.
VERIFOR Briefing Paper 7 - February 2007
Neil Bird and Hans Thiel
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Over the last two decades the world has seen a wave of enthusiasm for participatory forest management (PFM), broadly defined as the involvement of local people in decision-making in some or all aspects of forest management. PFM has been implemented in many countries, often with significant donor support. While early interest in PFM centered on its ability to improve forest conservation, the current poverty reduction focus of the global development agenda has raised interest in the livelihood impact of PFM.
Keynote paper - June 2007
Kate Schreckenberg, Cecilia Luttrell, Pelin Zorlu and Catherine Moss
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show details hide details History of the Forestry Sector
Examines the development of the forest sector from Independence (in 1975) to the present. It explores the way the sector has evolved, and identifies a tension between the customary ownership of forests and the State's view of forests as a national resource.
Papua New Guinea Forest Studies 1 - January 2007
Neil Bird, Adrian Wells, Flip van Helden, Ruth Turia |
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show details hide details Forest Sector Studies, Papua New Guinea
ODI prepared three papers, to be presented at the "Seminar on Trees and Tree Products for the Future of Papua New Guinea" in December 2006: History of the Forest Sector; Audit of the Forest Sector; and Potential of the Forest Sector. The studies form part of a programme aiming to ‘provide a forum for a participatory approach to drawing up a plan for the future of the forestry industry in Papua New Guinea'.
Report - December 2006
Neil Bird, Adrian Wells , Flip van Helden and David Brown
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show details hide details Participatory Forest Management and Poverty Reduction: A Review of the Evidence. Bibliography
The review uses a case study approach to understand the different forms of PFM that have been implemented around the world, and to evaluate how they have impacted on the social and economic aspects of the livelihoods of those who depend on forests. The report was prepared for the start-up workshop of the project: Action Research on Assessing and Enhancing the Impact of Participatory Forest Management on the Livelihoods of the Rural Poor
Report - April 2005
Cecilia Luttrell, Kate Schreckenberg, Liz Thassim and Catherine Moss
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show details hide details Links between forests and poverty in Indonesia. What evidence? How can targeting of poverty in and near forests be improved?
Available data of forests and poverty in Indonesia suffers from weak sampling in remote areas, lack of detail on the support that households derive from forests (particularly subsistence), as well as use of culturally inappropriate indicators. However, with available data, it is still possible to show that villages and households in and near forests tend to be worse off, in income- and non-income terms. Rural households below the poverty line are more dependent on forest income than those above
CESS-ODI Briefing Paper No. 2 - March 2005
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show details hide details Chronic Poverty, Remoteness, and the Importance of Forests
Many of the poorest of the rural poor live in remote forested locations, far from markets. The remote poor are often the chronic poor – those who are poor all through their lives, and whose children inherit poverty and powerless-ness. Their livelihoods are ‘complex, diverse, risk-prone and food-insecure'. Forests provide them with subsistence items such as food, medicine, fuel and building materials; cash from forest products; a safety net when times are hard; and vital environmental services
CESS-ODI Briefing Paper No. 1 - March 2005
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show details hide details Poverty Dimensions of Public Governance and Forest Management in Ghana - Full Report
This was a scoping study to investigate how innovations in governance and forest policy have been mediated by institutions for NR management at the forest margins. It updates knowledge on these institutions and policy changes in government decentralisation and forest management, and examines their effects on the livelihoods of the poor. Research focuses on the northern Brong-Ahafo, where agricultural systems depend heavily on tree conservation, planting and enrichment, and where patterns of resource conflict have important social dimensions. As a scoping study, it elaborates research questions and remedial strategies. It is hoped to follow up this work with a research/action project presently under preparation.
Report - June 2002
David Brown, Kojo Amanor and Michael Richards |
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This paper focuses on attempts to promote community involvement in tropical moist forest areas of sub-Saharan Africa. A number of factors make this a challenging task. Major imbalances in power exist between industrial and non-industrial users, and civil society tends to be weak and divided. Community identities and relationships may well be contentious in such areas, where the forest figures more as a zone for agricultural expansion than as a resource to be conserved. Human populations are often surprisingly heterogeneous and structures of resource control complex and overlapping. Using case studies from the high forest zones of Ghana and Cameroon, the paper reviews the ambiguities in the classical model of forest co-management, and the issues which arise when the model is applied to specific national contexts. The paper examines attempts to recreate traditional resource management systems and to ally community management with other forms of land use. Existing strategies of forest co-management are weighed against alternative options to improve the husbandry of the resource and increase public accountability.
European Tropical Forestry Paper - 1999
David Brown
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