Empirical linkages between devolved tenure systems and forest conditions: Selected case studies and country experiences

Published Date
December 2016, Vol.73:286–293, doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2016.05.018

Author 

• Miaoying Shi ^a
 
• Runsheng Yin ^b,,
 
• Leo Zulu ^c
 
• Jiaguo Qi ^d
 
• Mark Freudenberger ^e
 
• Matthew Sommerville ^e

• aDepartment of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
• bCollege of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
• cDepartment of Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
• dCenter for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
• eTetra Tech., 159 Bank Street, Suite 300, P.O. Box 1397, Burlington, VT 05402, USA

Received 12 March 2016. Accepted 21 May 2016. Available online 3 June 2016.

Highlights

• Selected case studies and meta-analyses of cases are first presented.
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  Experiences of forest tenure devolution in several countries are also described.
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  These elements are also essential to understanding the impact of devolved tenure.

Abstract

In addition to those more rigorous empirical analyses that have been summarized in the previous paper, a large number of case studies have tackled the linkages between devolved tenure systems and forest conditions. Some of the selected case studies and meta-analyses of these and other cases are described, so are the experiences of forest tenure devolution in several countries. We argue that complementary to those empirical analyses reviewed earlier, these two elements are also essential to anyone who is interested in a clear understanding of the specific contents, contexts of forest tenure devolution in different parts of the world and the possible causal linkages between devolved forest rights and improved forest condition.

Keywords

Forest devolution

Tenure reform

Community-based management

Forest condition

Impact evaluation

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  This article belongs to the special section: Forest devolution, forest condition, and poverty alleviation published in the journal Forest Policy and Economics 73, 2016.

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  Correspondence author.

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