FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Community Forestry Case Study 10

Tree and Land Tenure: Using Rapid Appraisal to Study Natural Resource Management

A case study from Anivorano, Madagascar

by Karen Schoonmaker Freudenberger

Table of Contents

PREFACE
LIST OF MAP, DIAGRAMS AND FIGURES
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER 1: Introduction
About the case study
The context
Methodology


CHAPTER 2: Preliminaries to the Field Study
Selecting the team
Setting the objectives of the study
Choosing the site
Other preparations


CHAPTER 3: Research Activities in the Field
Preparation and review of tools used in the field
Day-by-day review of activities
Analysing the information


CHAPTER 4: The Community and its Resources
Anivorano: the community
The livelihood system
Anivorano: the natural resource base
Tenure systems and management of natural resources


CHAPTER 5: The Implications for Sustainable Resource Management
Tavy rice production and resource degradation
Production, tenure and resource management
Destruction of the Anivorano forest
Policy perspectives
The potential impact of land titling


CHAPTER 6: The Strengths and Limitations of RRA
Does RRA answer questionsÉ or raise them?


GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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