Natural Resources and Environment: Forestry

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	Reforming forest tenure - 2011 Issues, principles and processes FAO Forestry Paper 165. Following a discussion of key concepts related to tenure, the publication provides a summary of the current situation of forest tenure globally.
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	Tenure Security for better forestry - 2008 Understanding forest tenure in Africa This brief on forest tenure in Africa introduces innovative approaches to support sustainable forest management and poverty alleviation.
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	Understanding forest tenure in Africa - 2008 Opportunities and challenges for forest tenure diversification Forestry Policy and Institutions Working Paper 14. This paper presents the main findings of research that was conducted by FAO with the aim of analysing and understanding the role of tenure arrangements, their enabling impacts and their limitations. The paper presents a summary of different tenure instruments’ performance in supporting SFM and PA, and provides recommendations for more effective forest tenure systems.
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	Tenure Security for better forestry - 2007 Understanding forest tenure in South and Southeast Asia This brief on forest tenure in South and Southeast Asia introduces tenure arrangements to support sustainable forest management and poverty alleviation.
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	Understanding forest tenure in South and Southeast Asia - 2006 Forestry Policy and Institutions Working Paper 14. This paper presents the main findings of research that was conducted by FAO and partners from the Asia Forest Partnership with the aim of analysing and understanding the role of tenure arrangements, their enabling impacts and their limitations. The paper presents a summary of different tenure instruments’ performance in supporting sustainable forest management and people’s committee, and provides recommendations for more effective forest tenure systems.
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Selected publications on forest tenure in China

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	Assessment of forest farmer cooperatives in Guizhou Province - 2010 The report assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of forest farmer cooperatives in Guizhou province of China by a participatory approach: involving views of various stakeholders such as farmers, cooperative members, officials of different levels of governmental agencies, etc.
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	Assessment of forest tenure trade centers in Jiangxi province - 2010 The report assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of forest tenure trade centers in Jiangxi province of China by a participatory analysis approach: including views of different stakeholders such as farmers, cooperative members, staff of the trade centers, and officials of forest bureaus.
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	Assessment of forest tenure trade centers in Zhejiang province - 2010 The report assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of forest tenure trade centers in Zhejiang province of China by a participatory analysis approach: including views of different stakeholders such as farmers, cooperative members, staff of the trade centers, and officials of forest bureaus.
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	Assessment of forest farmer cooperatives in Anhui Province - 2010 The report assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of forest farmer cooperatives in Anhui province of China by a participatory analysis approach: involving views of various stakeholders such as farmers, cooperative members, officials of different levels of governmental agencies, etc.
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	Assessment of forest tenure trade centers in Fujian province - 2010 The report assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of forest tenure trade centers in Fujian province of China by a participatory analysis approach: including views of different stakeholders such as farmers, cooperative members, staff of the trade centers, and officials of forest bureaus.
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	Have decollectivization and privatization contributed to sustainable forestry management and poverty alleviation in China? - 2010 The report describes and analyzes the process of forest tenure reform in China, and tries to assess its impact on poverty alleviation and forest management by case studies.
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	Assessment of forest tenure trade centers in Guizhou province - 2010 The report assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of forest tenure trade centers in Guizhou province of China by a participatory analysis approach: including views of different stakeholders such as farmers, cooperative members, staff of the trade centers, and officials of forest bureaus.
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	Assessment of forest farmer cooperatives in Fujian Province - 2010 The report assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of forest farmer cooperatives in Fujian province of China by a participatory approach: involving views of various stakeholders such as farmers, cooperative members, officials of different levels of governmental agencies, etc.
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	Assessment of forest tenure trade centers in Hunan province - 2010 The report assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of forest tenure trade centers in Hunan province of China by a participatory analysis approach: including views of different stakeholders such as farmers, cooperative members, staff of the trade centers, and officials of forest bureaus.
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	Assessment of forest tenure trade centers in Anhui province - 2010 The report assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of forest tenure trade centers in Anhui province of China by a participatory analysis approach: including views of different stakeholders such as farmers, cooperative members, staff of the trade centers, and officials of forest bureaus.
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