Working Paper 1 The Role of Alternative Conflict Management in Community Forestry prepared by Christine Pendzich, Garry Thomas and Tim Wohigent FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

The Need for Conflict Management Skills in Forestry Contexts

Alternative Conflict Management

Premises of Alternative Conflict Management

Factors that Shape the Alternative Conflict Management Process

Negotiation

Mediation and Conciliation

Building Community Capacity for Alternative Conflict Management

• Negotiation Training
• Mediation and Conciliation Training
• Participatory Diagnostic Training
• Specific Training Methods and Materials
• Networking and Information Systems
• Miscellaneous

Alternative Conflict Management in Latin American Forest-Based Communities

Latin American Views of Conflict

An Inventory of Latin American Sources of Conflict

National Legal Systems and Alternative Conflict Management

Latin American Stakeholders

Negotiation, Conciliation and Mediation

Conclusion

References

Appendices

Latin American Regional Workshop on Dispute Management and Community Forestry

Workshop Agenda

List of Workshop Participants

Outline for preparing Case Studies

Three Case Studies from Brazil, Bolivia and Ecuador

1. The Creation of Alto Jurua Extractive Reserve: Conflict and Alternatives for Conservation - Brazil
2. The Chimanes Forest: a Stage for Social Conflict (1986-1993) - Boloivia
3. The Creation of the Awá Indian Territory - Ecuador