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View article: Challenges to smallholder forestry policy reform on a postindustrial logging frontier: lessons from the Amazon estuary
Challenges to smallholder forestry policy reform on a postindustrial logging frontier: lessons from the Amazon estuary Open
In 2013, policy makers from the Brazilian State of Amapá launched regulatory reforms intended to streamline options to formalize smallholder forest management. This paper reviews that policy reform process and analyses observations from lo…
View article: Using Q-methodology to bridge different understandings on community forest management: lessons from the Peruvian Amazon
Using Q-methodology to bridge different understandings on community forest management: lessons from the Peruvian Amazon Open
Community forest management (CFM) is promoted as a strategy to reach multiple development outcomes including the sustainable use of forest resources, forest conservation, poverty alleviation, and social equity through the devolution of rig…
View article: Strengthening Local Governance of Secondary Forest in Peru
Strengthening Local Governance of Secondary Forest in Peru Open
Natural forest regrowth is critical for restoring ecosystem services in degraded landscapes and providing forest resources. Those who control tenure and access rights to these secondary forest areas determine who benefits from economically…
View article: Capacity building for ACM
Capacity building for ACM Open
Capacity building should be an integral component of adaptive collaborative management (ACM) approaches to give participants the skills, awareness, and confidence to understand and implement ACM methods. This chapter examines our insights …
View article: Hiding in Plain Sight: How a Fallow Forestry Supply Chain Remains Illegitimate in the Eyes of the State
Hiding in Plain Sight: How a Fallow Forestry Supply Chain Remains Illegitimate in the Eyes of the State Open
On-farm timber production is an important subsistence and economic activity of smallholder farmers around the world. Farmer investment in wood production and the degree of formality in the sector depends on access to and conditions of the …
View article: Using Participatory Approaches to Enhance Women’s Engagement in Natural Resource Management in Northern Ghana
Using Participatory Approaches to Enhance Women’s Engagement in Natural Resource Management in Northern Ghana Open
From 2016–2019, the West African Forest-Farm Interface (WAFFI) project engaged with smallholder farmers in northern Ghana to explore mechanisms to improve the influence of under-represented peoples, particularly women, in decision-making p…
View article: Evaluating the Impact of REDD+ Interventions on Household Forest Revenue in Peru
Evaluating the Impact of REDD+ Interventions on Household Forest Revenue in Peru Open
REDD+ was conceived as a system of incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation. While this could include many different types of interventions to reduce deforestation and degradation, a consensus has emerged that t…
View article: Governing the Ephemeral: Secondary Forest in Peru
Governing the Ephemeral: Secondary Forest in Peru Open
Secondary forest is an increasingly prevalent component of forest cover across the globe providing wildlife habitat, ecosystem services and valuable goods.
View article: Indigenous tenure security and local participation in climate mitigation programs: Exploring the institutional gaps of <scp>REDD</scp>+ implementation in the Peruvian Amazon
Indigenous tenure security and local participation in climate mitigation programs: Exploring the institutional gaps of <span>REDD</span>+ implementation in the Peruvian Amazon Open
The Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) mechanism faces implementation challenges related to tenure security and governance institutions. In response, multiple regional climate mitigation initiatives ha…
View article: Land use change in four landscapes in the Peruvian Amazon
Land use change in four landscapes in the Peruvian Amazon Open
This working paper uses remote sensing data and methods to characterize land cover change in four sites in the lowland Peruvian Amazon over a period of three decades (1987-2017). Multi-village landscapes were purposefully selected to inclu…
View article: Lessons learned from participatory action research in WAFFI
Lessons learned from participatory action research in WAFFI Open
PAR can build the capacity of local participants to engage with other stakeholders and articulate their agenda for inclusion in discussions and development planning with policy makers and researchers. •A key goal of PAR is to focus partici…
View article: Migration and forests in the Peruvian Amazon: A review
Migration and forests in the Peruvian Amazon: A review Open
This paper reviews the literature on the links between migration and forests in the Peruvian Amazon. It highlights not only the complexity of the migrant–forest interface in Peru but also the relative lack of research on these dynamics. Hi…
View article: Rethinking Fuelwood: People, Policy and the Anatomy of a Charcoal Supply Chain in a Decentralizing Peru
Rethinking Fuelwood: People, Policy and the Anatomy of a Charcoal Supply Chain in a Decentralizing Peru Open
In Peru, as in many developing countries, charcoal is an important source of fuel. We examine the commercial charcoal commodity chain from its production in Ucayali, in the Peruvian Amazon, to its sale in the national market. Using a mixed…
View article: Collective titling in the Peruvian Amazon: A history in three acts
Collective titling in the Peruvian Amazon: A history in three acts Open
About 12 million ha of land in the Peruvian Amazon are titled to more than 1300 native communitiesTitling has been slowed because of overlapping claims and lack of clarity in institutional structures.Gaining title does not ensure full righ…
View article: Revisiting the ‘cornerstone of Amazonian conservation’: a socioecological assessment of Brazil nut exploitation
Revisiting the ‘cornerstone of Amazonian conservation’: a socioecological assessment of Brazil nut exploitation Open
The Brazil nut (the seeds of the rainforest tree Bertholletia excelsa) is the only globally traded seed collected from the wild by forest-based harvesters across the Amazon basin. The large geographic scale of Brazil nut exploitation and t…
View article: Reclaiming collective rights: land and forest tenure reforms in Peru (1960-2016)
Reclaiming collective rights: land and forest tenure reforms in Peru (1960-2016) Open
In Peru, since 1974, more than 1,200 communities have been titled in the Amazon for over 12 million hectares, representing about 20% of the country's national forest area. This working paper analyzes policy and regulatory changes that have…
View article: Is small‐scale agriculture really the main driver of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon? Moving beyond the prevailing narrative
Is small‐scale agriculture really the main driver of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon? Moving beyond the prevailing narrative Open
A key premise underlying discussion about deforestation in Amazonian Peru is that small‐scale or so‐called migratory agriculture is the main driver of deforestation. This premise has been expressed in government documents and public outrea…
View article: The data not collected on community forestry
The data not collected on community forestry Open
Conservation and development practitioners increasingly promote community forestry as a way to conserve ecosystem services, consolidate resource rights, and reduce poverty. However, outcomes of community forestry have been mixed; many init…
View article: Influence of the Expert Effect on Cultural Models
Influence of the Expert Effect on Cultural Models Open
We examined hunters' perceptions of fauna to see if expert hunters and other hunters perceive wildlife abundance similarly. We used cultural consensus analysis (CCA) to assess the knowledge of 25 hunters in the Bolivian Amazon about the ab…
View article: Formalization and Collective Appropriation of Space on Forest Frontiers: Comparing Communal and Individual Property Systems in the Peruvian and Ecuadoran Amazon
Formalization and Collective Appropriation of Space on Forest Frontiers: Comparing Communal and Individual Property Systems in the Peruvian and Ecuadoran Amazon Open
This article compares and contrasts communal and individual properties to examine the relationship between state efforts to formalize property rights and tenure security. The article draws on a study of four landscape mosaics in the Peruvi…
View article: The role of women in early REDD+ implementation: lessons for future engagement
The role of women in early REDD+ implementation: lessons for future engagement Open
Researchers and practitioners have amply discussed the potential of REDD+ to help or harm forest-based communities, but less attention has been paid to its gender dimensions.Safeguard policies are aimed at ensuring that REDD+ does not harm…