Book contents
- The Wicked Problem of Forest Policy
- The Wicked Problem of Forest Policy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 The Wicked Problem of Forest Policy
- Part I Wicked Problems and Policies
- Part II Tools to Address Wicked Problems
- 9 The Wicked Problems of Indonesia’s Forests Require Effective Institutions to Resolve Difficult Trade-Offs
- 10 Power to the Forest People
- 11 How Are Land-Use Multi-stakeholder Fora Affected by Their Contexts?
- 12 Sustainable Landscape Investment
- 13 Community Forestry in Liberia
- 14 Are Some Forestry Problems Too Wicked?
- Index
- References
10 - Power to the Forest People
Tendencies, Impact and the Future of Locally Controlled Forests
from Part II - Tools to Address Wicked Problems
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2020
- The Wicked Problem of Forest Policy
- The Wicked Problem of Forest Policy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 The Wicked Problem of Forest Policy
- Part I Wicked Problems and Policies
- Part II Tools to Address Wicked Problems
- 9 The Wicked Problems of Indonesia’s Forests Require Effective Institutions to Resolve Difficult Trade-Offs
- 10 Power to the Forest People
- 11 How Are Land-Use Multi-stakeholder Fora Affected by Their Contexts?
- 12 Sustainable Landscape Investment
- 13 Community Forestry in Liberia
- 14 Are Some Forestry Problems Too Wicked?
- Index
- References
Summary
A global trend towards more community control over forests has slowed deforestation and forest degradation, reduced carbon emissions, supported community livelihoods and built social capital. In some cases these positive benefits have not been realized, and there have been mixed results on intra-community equity. Three ‘wicked characteristics’ mitigate the success of community forests: where tenure change erodes the power of economic and technical elites, who then respond by undermining the community forest; where it is difficult to support communities without impacting their collective action; and where governments develop policies that are difficult to adapt to local contexts.
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- The Wicked Problem of Forest PolicyA Multidisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in Forest Landscapes, pp. 278 - 300Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020