An analytic approach to structuring co management of community forests in Cameroon

@article{citeulike:2085212, abstract = {While decentralization is a prominent theme in contemporary natural resource policy and management discourse, questions have been raised concerning the sustainability of participatory approaches. Drawing on theoretical and empirical research on common pool resource management and participation, we develop a framework to evaluate communitylevel stakeholders' potential suitability for engagement in comanagement. Four criteria are assessed: stake in the resource, discount rate, social capital and capacity (leadership, organizational, enforcement of rules and knowledge). Inclusion of local actors who fit the framework in a governance arrangement could lead to more sustainable outcomes. We tested this screening strategy by assessing potential organizational partners for comanagement of nonwood forest products in community forests in Cameroon. 10.1177/146499340600700204}, author = {Brown and Lassoie, James P. and Wolf, Steven A.}, citeulike-article-id = {2085212}, doi = {10.1177/146499340600700204}, journal = {Progress in Development Studies}, keywords = {community, discount, forestry, rate}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {135--154}, posted-at = {2007-12-10 09:33:24}, priority = {2}, title = {An analytic approach to structuring co management of community forests in Cameroon}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146499340600700204}, volume = {7}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2085212 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2085212 N2 - While decentralization is a prominent theme in contemporary natural resource policy and management discourse, questions have been raised concerning the sustainability of participatory approaches. Drawing on theoretical and empirical research on common pool resource management and participation, we develop a framework to evaluate communitylevel stakeholders' potential suitability for engagement in comanagement. Four criteria are assessed: stake in the resource, discount rate, social capital and capacity (leadership, organizational, enforcement of rules and knowledge). Inclusion of local actors who fit the framework in a governance arrangement could lead to more sustainable outcomes. We tested this screening strategy by assessing potential organizational partners for comanagement of nonwood forest products in community forests in Cameroon. 10.1177/146499340600700204 IS - 2 JF - Progress in Development Studies EP - 154 TI - An analytic approach to structuring co management of community forests in Cameroon VL - 7 SP - 135 KW - community KW - discount KW - forestry KW - rate AU - Brown AU - Lassoie, James AU - Wolf, Steven PY - 2007/04/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146499340600700204 ER -