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Does Customary Land Tenure System Encourage Local Forestry Management in Zambia?

A Focus on Wood Fuel

Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2015
Zambia
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
co-ownership rights
conflict of interest
customary land rights
state forests
Zambia is one of the most forested countries in Africa, with about 50 million out of the 75 million hectares total land area under some form of forest cover. However, the country also has one of the highest rates of deforestation and degradation in the world, estimated at 250,000-300,000 hectares of forest loss per annum. Reversing/slowing this high deforestation and degradation trend will require the country to design and implement programs and strategies that will effectively deal with both the proximate and underlying drivers of deforestation and degradation.
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Building enabling legal frameworks for sustainable land-use investments in Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique

A synthesis

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
co-ownership rights
common rights
continuum in land rights
The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) assessed the legal frameworks for major resource sectors in Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique to analyze whether and to what extent they enable sustainable investments. Relevant international standards suggest that sustainable investments integrate socioeconomic and environmental concerns, bound together by the rule of law.
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Post-CFR Scenarios in Central Indian Landscape: Prioritising Issues and Developing Support Mechanisms

Reports & Research
June, 2015
India
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
community forestry
forest land
The Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) supported a scoping study to understand the range of post CFR issues in the central Indian landscape, especially in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha. It also proactively sought to draw experiences from states such as Maharashtra and Kerala where established mechanisms related to post CFR issues have been implemented through various partnerships.
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India State of Forest Report 2015

Reports & Research
April, 2015
India
Forest Tenure
forest land
state forests
Status of Forest Report is published every two years by Forestr Survey of India, an autonomous agency under Indian Ministry of Environment and Forest.

It covers forest areas, forest cover, density, mapping, etc with information from national, States and district level.
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Potential for Recognition of Community Forest Resource Rights Under India’s Forest Rights Act

A Preliminary Assessment

Reports & Research
July, 2015
India
Forest Tenure
community forestry
forest land
forestry
A Preliminary Assessment by RRI, Vasundhara and NRMC. Provides potential area, state, district and village wise area over which CFR (and IFR) rights can be recognized under the FRA; now used as a baseline for planning and effective implementation of CFR rights, assess the extent to which the law has been implemented; delineate data on forest land, villages & population within village boundaries and CFR Recognition Status.
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The fragmented land use administration in Indonesia

Analysing bureaucratic responsibilities influencing tropical rainforest transformation systems

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2015
Indonesia
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land administration
land titling
forest law
community forestry
private forests
state forests
indigenous peoples' lands
forest land
agroforestry systems
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous people's tenure
Tropical forests in Indonesia are subject to major transformation processes from native forests to other land uses, including rubber agroforestry as well as rubber and oil palm plantation systems. Using content analysis of policy documents, this paper aims at (i) analysing the formal administrative responsibilities related to the four rainforest transformation systems and (ii) based on the informal motives of the competing bureaucracies involved generating hypotheses on their future course of action and related research.
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Cambodia’s Unofficial Regime of Extraction: Illicit Logging in the Shadow of Transnational Governance and Investment

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2015
Cambodia
Forest Tenure
Land & Corruption
Land & Investments
land governance
corruption
deforestation
forest conservation
foreign investment
government
extractive industries
Cambodia has recently demonstrated one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world. While scholars have long explored the drivers of tropical forest loss, the case of Cambodia offers particular insights into the role of the state where transnational governance and regional integration are increasingly the norm. Given the significant role logging rents play in Cambodia’s post-conflict state formation, this article explores the contemporary regime and its ongoing codependent relationship with forested land.
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Shifting Cultivation in Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal: Weighing Government Policies against Customary Tenure and Institutions

Reports & Research
July, 2015
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land governance
land policies
climate change
deforestation
farmland
indigenous peoples' lands
agriculture
sustainable land use
community land rights
Indigenous Peoples
Shifting cultivation is a dominant form of farming in the eastern Himalayas, practised by a diverse group of indigenous people from the most marginalized social and economic groups. The survival of these indigenous people and the survival of their forests are inextricably linked. However, policy makers and natural resource managers perceive shifting cultivation to be wasteful, destructive to forests, and unsustainable.
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Forest-Based Bamboo Trade in Mendha Lekha and Jamguda

Reports & Research
October, 2015
India
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
sustainable development
forest law
forestry
community forestry
forest conservation
forest land
forest management plans
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
community land rights
This paper presents case studies of two tribal villages - Mendha Lekha and Jamguda - successfully running forest-based bamboo businesses under the community forest rights provisions of Forest Rights Act (2006). We have documented the issues faced by the villagers in claiming community forest rights, issues faced in harvesting and sale of bamboo, and business practices adopted by both the villages.
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Mapping For Rights' Mapping Methodology: A new approach to participatory mapping

Manuals & Guidelines
October, 2015
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land cover mapping
public participation
forest land
land use
land stakeholders
This guide presents the 'Mapping for Rights' approach, which combines participatory mapping techniques, facilitation and hands-on support with the application of relevant and available technology. This combination of tools, guidance and equipment enables communities to identify advocacy goals that their maps could support. The maps are designed to provide a snapshot of the communities’ reality, including information on their history and socio- economic situation and demonstrate occupation and use of specific areas by communities.