Who’s Forest? Implications of Different Management Regimes for Sustainable Utilisation and Minimisation of Conflicts
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Eastern and Central Africa Programme for Policy Analysis | en |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Middle Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Eastern Africa | |
| cg.number | 7 | en |
| cg.place | Entebbe, Uganda | en |
| cg.subject.cta | FORESTRY | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Eastern and Central Africa Programme for Policy Analysis | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-29T08:30:06Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2014-10-29T08:30:06Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49645 | |
| dc.title | Who’s Forest? Implications of Different Management Regimes for Sustainable Utilisation and Minimisation of Conflicts | en |
| dcterms.abstract | This Policy Brief presents some of the lessons learned from research work related to the search for appropriate mechanisms to manage forest resources, and conflicts arising from contested rights to forest resources in eastern and central Africa (ECA). | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| dcterms.audience | Scientists | en |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | ECAPAPA 2005. Who’s Forest? Implications of Different Management Regimes for Sustainable Utilisation and Minimisation of Conflicts. ECAPAPA Policy Brief No. 7. ECAPAPA/ASARECA, Entebbe, Uganda. | en |
| dcterms.description | Productive and sustainable agriculture can only result from the sustainable utilization and management of the natural resources that carry it. This, however, is usually obstructed by conflicts among intervening decision makers and their different interests regarding the many potential forms and ends to use such resources. The risk and danger of these conflicts are increased in situations of high population or market pressures, non-responsive policies and the resulting unaccountable decision-making, which are not uncommon regionally. Conflicts related to natural resources then, and their causes constitute central issues in the drive of ASARECA and ECAPAPA because they effectively diminish the present and potential contributions over time of those resources to the goals of economic growth, food security and export competitiveness. Thus, the search for solutions, or ways to manage these conflicts, constitutes a proper investment to improve the present and future accessibility, productivity and sustainability of the natural resource base for regional development. It was against this background that ECAPAPA, in collaboration with partner networks, programmes and projects under ASARECA and also with International Agricultural Research Centres, embarked on a competitive research grant of the project on, “Natural Resource Management and Use: Conflict Minimising Strategies”. This Policy Brief presents some of the lessons learned from research work related to the search for appropriate mechanisms to manage forest resources, and conflicts arising from contested rights to forest resources in eastern and central Africa (ECA) . The paper reviews some of the legal and policy reforms in the forestry sector; highlights some of the conflicts occurring under conventional government ownership of forests and those occurring under the emerging initiatives in Joint Forest Management and Participatory Forest Management. It concludes with a checklist of issues to be considered in facilitating sustainable forest utilisation and conflict minimisation strategies. | en |
| dcterms.isPartOf | ECAPAPA Policy Brief | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2005 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.publisher | ECAPAPA/ASARECA | en |
| dcterms.type | Brief |