Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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Property rights and forest management: Whose reality counts?

This policy brief Outlines a brief history of the land tenure system in Kenya from colonization to modern land management practices. Kenya has a mixed system […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): E. Obonyo, J. Mogoi, P. Ongugo
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Indicadores de desempeno y capacidades de gestion forestal: Un analisis de eficiencia y sus determinantes en municipios de Bolivia

In this study the municipal efficiency in the forest sector for year 2006 was analyzed, for a sample of 100 municipalities of Bolivia, by means of […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): J.L. Flores Barroso
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Understanding decentralization

While decentralization policies have become increasingly popular in developing countries, this presentation explores the definition of decentralization in terms of “who” is gaining control over “what” […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): J. Bauer
  • Type of Document: Media

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Land clearing and the biofuel carbon debt

Abstract: Increasing energy use, climate change, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels make switching to low-carbon fuels a high priority. Biofuels are a potential […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): J. Fargione; J. Hill; D. Tilman; S. Polasky; P. Hawthorne
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Forest incomes after Uganda’s forest sector reform: Are the rural poor gaining?

Forest sector governance reform is frequently promoted as a policy tool for achieving favorable livelihood outcomes in the low income tropics. However, there is a dearth […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): P. Jagger
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Livelihoods and sustainability after Uganda’s forest sector governance reform

Presentation on the effects of forest decentralization reforms in Uganda on both forest sustainability and livelihoods. Presents findings of data gathered using the Poverty and Environment […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): P. Jagger
  • Type of Document: Media

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Forest incomes and sustainability after Uganda’s forest sector governance reform

This presentation discusses a study of the impacts of Uganda’s forest sector governance reforms on rural livelihoods and sustainability. “Improved rural livelihoods and sustainability are among […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): O. Jagger; A. Arinaitwe
  • Type of Document: Media

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What should we really be asking? Aggregated vs. disaggregated responses to household livelihood questionnaires

Presentation comparing the Poverty & Environment method of collecting household-level data with the International Forest Resources & Institutions method, which was developed for the purposes of […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): P. Jagger; M. Luckert; A. Banana; J. Bahati
  • Type of Document: Media

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Unpacking decentralization

This presentation provides an analytical breakdown of the implications of government decentralization policies in the management of forest resources. Though first presenting the negative aspects of […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): K. Andersson; J. Bauer; P. Jagger; M. Luckert; R. Meinzen-Dick; E. Mwangi; E. Ostrom
  • Type of Document: Media

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Unpacking decentralization

The term “decentralization” is applied to a wide diversity of governance arrangements around the world and has achieved positive, negative, and no results in its application […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): K.P. Andersson; J. Bauer; P. Jagger; M. Luckert; R. Meinzen-Dick; E. Mwangi; E. Ostrom
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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