The models also have divergent policy implications (Angelsen, 1999). Critical aspects of this can be summarized in what we call the “means vs. needs” debate. Are asset poor household clearing less forest because they do not have the means, or are they clearing more forests because they ...
It appears that, in spite of extended policy discourses on devolved decision-making, justice and equity in terms of resource access and actual local-level decision-making are not always forthcoming. Early results from a REDD+ pilot project in Nepal show that it imposes direct additional costs ...
3.3. Bolivia In Bolivia, CFM rose to greater prominence as a series of tenure and forest policy reforms took place in the 1990s. Prior to 1996, forest-dependent people in Bolivia's lowlands did not have secure property rights or legal options for forest management. Although there had been ...