A legal analysis of the national legislation assessing whether these legal systems recognize the community rights to access, withdraw, manage, exclude and alienate to forest resources and land.
This paper was authored by Zhu Keliang of Landesa-RDI” in collaboration with RRI. It offers recommendations to reform the policy” law and institutional practices concerning…
Despite more understanding, resources, and policy recommendations, women continue to be largely marginalized and ignored or exploited in community based resource management processes throughout Asia.
At first glance, the reforms seem to be making great strides towards achieving poverty reduction and improving livelihoods, and, indeed, they generally succeed in protecting…
This paper draws on existing literature to explore the gendered elements of community-based forest enterprises (CFEs), focusing specifically on the role of women. It identifies…
An interview with the chairwoman of The Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal (FECOFUN), a formal network of Community Based Forest User Groups from all…