Forestry Policy and Institutions Working Paper 14

Understanding forest tenure in South and Southeast Asia

Acknowledgements (Download - 989 KB)
Foreword (Download - 989 KB)
Acronyms (Download - 989 KB)

Part 1
Overview (Download - 564 KB)
By Dominique Reeb and Francesca Romano
Introduction
Facts and figures about forest tenure in South and Southeast Asia
The challenges of secure tenure
Tenure: a founding block for sustainable forest management and poverty alleviation
Conclusion

Part 2
Case Studies

Changes and trends in forest tenure and institutional arrangements for collective forest
resources in Yunnan province, China
By Baohua Zheng
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Trends in tenure arrangements for forest and their implications for sustainable forest
management: the need for a more unified regime. Case study from Meghalaya, India
By Joy Dasgupta and H.J. Symlieh
(Download - 423 KB)

Trends in forest ownership, forest resources tenure and institutional arrangements:
are they contributing to better forest management and poverty reduction?
Case studies from Orissa, India
By K.D. Singh, J.P. Singh and Bhaskar Sinha
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Trends in forest ownership, forest resources tenure and institutional arrangements:
are they contributing to better forest management and poverty reduction?
Community and leasehold forestry for the poor: Nepal case study
By B.K. Singh and D.P. Chapagain
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Trends in forest ownership, forest resources tenure and institutional arrangements
Case study from Pakistan
By Dicky Simorangkir
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Implications of forest utilization, conversion policy and tenure dynamics on resource
management and poverty reduction
Case study from Pasir district, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
By Dicky Simorangkir and Mustofa Agung Sardjono
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Trends in forest ownership, forest resources tenure and institutional arrangements:
are they contributing to better forest management and poverty reduction?
Case studies from Indonesia
By Vince Deschamps and Paul Hartman
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Case study from Malaysia: Sabah forest ownership
By Su Mei Toh and Kevin T. Grace
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Trends in forest ownership, forest resources tenure and institutional arrangements in the
Philippines: are they contributing to better forest management and poverty reduction?
By Ernesto S. Guiang and Gem Castillo
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Trends in forest ownership, forest resources tenure and institutional arrangements:
are they contributing to better forest management and poverty reduction?
Case study from Thailand
By Sureeratna Lakanavichian
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