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Forty years of community-based forestry: A review of its extent and effectiveness

Author(s) Don Gilmour
Year of publication 2016
This publication is FAO’s first comprehensive look at the impact of community-based forestry since previous reviews in 1991 and 2001. It considers both collaborative regimes (forestry practised on land with formal communal tenure requiring collective action) and smallholder forestry (on land that is generally privately owned). The publication examines the extent of community-based forestry globally and regionally and assesses its effectiveness in delivering on key biophysical and socioeconomic outcomes, i.e. moving towards sustainable forest management and improving local livelihoods. The report is targeted at policy-makers, practitioners, researchers, communities and civil society.
Type of Case
Printed publication (book sourcebook journal article…)
Publisher
FAO
Region
Global
Biome
All
Forest Type
All forest types (natural and planted)
Primary Designated Function
Multiple use