Competing for coffee space: Development-induced displacement in the central highlands of Vietnam
This article investigates the impact of coffee production on ethnic equality in Vietnam. As the second largest coffee exporter in the world, coffee has been a […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): S. Doutriaux; C. Geisler; G. Shively
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
Empoderamiento de las comunidades rurales en los Municipios de las tierras bajas para un mejor manejo de los recursos forestales
Paper proposal to explore the effects of decentralization reforms on rural communities in the Bolivian lowlands, looking in particular at whether decentralization has resulted in community […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): H.X. Velasquez Ecos
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Policy
CCRA-2: Watershed Modeling and Assessment
The goal of this activity is to enhance the impact of SANREM CRSP’s LTRA projects by providing technical support and a comparative framework in watershed modeling […]
- Start Date: 2007
- End Date: 2009
- Project Code: CCRA-2
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
A diagnostic approach for going beyond panaceas
This document addresses the failure of panaceas to solve the issue of resource destruction over various socio-ecological systems (SESs). The article claims that organization of successful […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): E. Ostrom
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
Agricultural subsidies and forest pressure in Malawi’s Miombo woodlands
Abstract: This paper examines impacts of an agricultural subsidy program on forest pressure in Malawi. Using household survey data, we measure the effect on forest product […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): M. Fisher; G. Shively
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
An analytical agenda for the study of decentralized resource regimes
Abstract: This paper seeks to shed new light on the study of decentralized natural resource governance by applying institutional theories of polycentricity – the relationships among […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): K. Andersson; E. Ostrom
- Type of Document: Research Report
Institutional arrangements for managing forest resources in Uganda following decentralization of the forest sector
Policy brief describing the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders in forestry following forest decentralization.
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): A. Banana
- Type of Document: Research Brief
Decentralized governance and ecological health: Why local institutions fail to moderate deforestation in Mpigi district of Uganda
Paper examining the effectiveness in managing forests of local institutions put in place during decentralization reforms of the mid-1990s in Mpigi District of Uganda.
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): A. Banana; N. Vogt; J. Bahati; W. Gombya-Ssembajjwe
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
Resolving conflict and promoting certification in Bolivian brazil nut stands
Newsletter story from the Poverty Environment Network Program of the Center for International Forestry Research about a PEN study funded as cost-share for SANREM. Household data […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): A. Duchelle
- Type of Document: Newsletter
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Policy
Natural resource conflicts in the Western Amazon: Implications for community management of non-timber forest products
Abstract of a presentation at the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) Conference in Mexico (in English) outlining preliminary research results as an invited speaker […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): A. Duchelle; P. Cronkleton; K. Kainer
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Policy