Forest Resources in the Performance of Mexican Community Forest Enterprises in a Vertical Integration System

Deforestation continuous to be a wide spread problem in rural areas of developing countries. Conventional “top down” approach has proved fundamentally limited in their ability to promote the culture of forest conservation in the world over. Inco-prorating the community based forest and community based natural resources management in rural development strategies seems to be the best approach to conserve forest area. This paper provides a case of community forest management by rural communities in rural areas of Nigeria. Based on the experience of the Local Empowerment and Environmental Management Project (LEEMP) in Adamawa State of Nigeria, this paper discussed the achievement and challenges in implementing community based forest management in the rural areas. Information used in this paper is based a preliminary study in evolving interviews with officials of the implementation agencies of LEEMP and a few participants of the projects in Adamawa state. Under LEEMP the priorities include the empowerment of local people to manage the community based forest and community based natural resources conservation in their areas. The project aim for the effective management of renewable forest resources, (vegetation), minimizing depletion of non-renewable forest resources (wild life), minimise forest pollution and its attendants negative impacts.(bush burning), as well as to decentralize the responsibity for managing forest resources. This study found that LEEMP helps to bring grass root citizen contribution to the objectives of sustainable natural resources management and community wellbeing collectively. There exist a strong link between the rural poverty and the deforestation and forest management through community empowerment did show some improvement both to the resource conservation and improvement to the livelihood of the communities. However there were many challenges encounter in the process implementationinclude non-inclusive of stake holders because of social class or due to political affiliation, while projects are not evenly distributed among communities of serious need, others are un involve and ill-informed in terms of decision and actions, and lack of conservation culture, among communities. This paper implies that effective incorporation of forest management in rural development strategies should focus more attention to collective action, which ties the community on values, cultures, and economics benefits into the ecological project, with balancing the aim of sustaining the environment and poverty alleviation.

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EFFECTIVENESS OF FRA IN MADHYA PRADESH

International Journal of Advanced Research ◽

10.21474/ijar01/12446 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (02) ◽

pp. 295-306

Author(s):

Sanjukta Mudgal ◽

J.V Sharma

Keyword(s):

Forest Resources ◽

The State ◽

Madhya Pradesh ◽

Individual Rights ◽

Forest Land ◽

Community Forest ◽

Recognition Process ◽

Community Rights

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, popularly called FRA, 2006, was enacted to recognize and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes(STs) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers(OTFDs). The Act became effective from 01 January, 2008. Broadly, all rights can be grouped into three different categories viz, Individual Rights (IR), Community Rights(CR), and Community Forest Resources Rights (CFR). As more than six lakh claims were filed for different categories of rights in Madhya Pradesh and mostly for IR, the present study has been conducted to assess whether all three types of rights guaranteed by the FRA have been recognized and proper approaches followed.The studycarried out in six districts of Madhya Pradesh viz. Chhindwara, Mandla, Badwani, Khargone, Shahdol and Sidhhi reveals that the major thrust by the State has been on recognising Individual Rights while other two categories of rights have not received much attention. Although, recognition process has followed defined approaches yet many gaps were noticed.

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How Does Strategic Choice affect the Performance of Community Forest Enterprises? A Study in the Cascadia Region

Canadian Journal of Forest Research ◽

10.1139/cjfr-2021-0063 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Meike Siegner ◽

Robert Kozak ◽

Rajat Panwar ◽

Harry W Nelson

Keyword(s):

Financial Performance ◽

The United States ◽

Community Forest ◽

Hybrid Strategy ◽

Differentiation Strategy ◽

Leadership Strategy ◽

Forest Enterprises ◽

Using Data ◽

Social Environmental ◽

Equitable Utilization

Proponents of decentralized forest governance make a compelling case that community forest enterprises (CFEs) can aid in sustainable and equitable utilization of forest resources. The effectiveness of CFEs is thus dependent on their ability to balance social, environmental, and financial performance. In this paper, we examine the relationship between a commonly recommended differentiation strategy and CFE effectiveness. Using data obtained through a survey administered on 51 CFEs located in the Cascadia region (British Columbia province of Canada; and Oregon and Washington states of the United States), we find that CFEs pursuing a differentiation strategy are able to balance social, environmental, and financial objectives. Further, recognizing that all CFEs cannot pursue a differentiation strategy, and some may not even have a defined strategic orientation, the paper compares social, environmental, and financial performance of CFEs pursuing a differentiation strategy, a hybrid strategy (a combination of differentiation and cost leadership strategy), and no defined strategy. This analysis reveals that CFEs pursuing a hybrid strategy deliver better financial performance than those with no defined strategy, but are similar to those pursuing a differentiation strategy.

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The influence of environmental factors on species composition and distribution in a community forest in Northern Thailand

Journal of Forestry Research ◽

10.1007/s11676-020-01239-y ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Siriluck Thammanu ◽

Dokrak Marod ◽

Hee Han ◽

Narayan Bhusal ◽

Lamthai Asanok ◽

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Keyword(s):

Environmental Factors ◽

Species Composition ◽

Tree Species ◽

Biological Diversity ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Forest Resources ◽

Community Forest ◽

Northern Thailand ◽

Tree Species Composition ◽

Species Composition And Distribution

Abstract Understanding the environmental factors that influence tree species composition is essential for successful management of biodiversity and sustainable use of community forest resources. This study aims to assess tree species composition and distribution in the deciduous Ban Mae Chiang Rai Lum Community Forest in Northern Thailand and to analyze the influence of environmental factors on tree biodiversity in the forest. We conducted a stratified systematic sampling of the forest’s total area of 3925 ha, and twenty-five 0.16 ha survey plots were established in three different stands of the deciduous forests to estimate and characterize the difference in biological diversity among the stands. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) was used to investigate the environment factors affecting such differences in biodiversity of the stands. The results showed a high diversity of trees in the forest as 197 species, 144 genera, and 62 plant families were recorded. The CCA ordination identified the environmental factors—the most important of which were elevation, distance to streams, soil moisture, organic matter, and distance to communities—that significantly influenced the diversity and distribution of tree species (p < 0.05) in the community forest. Our findings indicate that the implementation of drought reduction measures such as building check dams, fire protection, and monitoring community forest-product usage would be recommended to further biodiversity conservation and the sustainable use of community forest resources.

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Operationalizing a Framework for Assessing the Enabling Environment for Community Forest Enterprises: A Case Study from Nepal

Small-scale Forestry ◽

10.1007/s11842-020-09433-w ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 83-106 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bishnu Prasad Sharma ◽

Steven Lawry ◽

Naya Sharma Paudel ◽

Rebecca McLain ◽

Anukram Adhikary ◽

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Keyword(s):

Community Forest ◽

Enabling Environment ◽

Forest Enterprises

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Implications of fiscal policy instruments in community forest management of Nepal: Issues and challenges

Banko Janakari ◽

10.3126/banko.v20i2.4802 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 41-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A Paudel ◽

G Weiss

Keyword(s):

Fiscal Policy ◽

Policy Instruments ◽

Forest Resources ◽

Benefit Sharing ◽

Community Forest ◽

Legal Provisions ◽

User Groups ◽

Forest User Groups ◽

Community Forest User Groups ◽

Forest User

Nepalese Community Forestry has unclear and inconsistent legal provisions related to fiscal policy instruments. Based on the review of forest policy documents, and semistructured interviews and group discussions with individuals from government units, community forest user groups and traders from Parbat, Baglung and Dolakha districts of Nepal, this paper demonstrates that there are a number of issues and challenges related to fiscal policy instruments that have affected the promotion of sustainable and market-oriented management of forest resources, co-ordination between local and central government authorities, benefit sharing of forest resources, and the overall financial situation of community forest user groups. As a result, local communities do not fully benefit from their forest resources. We argue that a good co-ordination among government units, CFUGs and non-governmental organizations, and their active participation in policy making process can help to make the fiscal policy consistent and unambiguous to mitigate the existing issues and challenges. Key words: Economic policy instrument; revenue sharing; multiple taxation; forest certification; income generation activities DOI: 10.3126/banko.v20i2.4802 Banko Janakari Vol.20(2) 2010 pp.41-47

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