Shifting regimes of management and uses of forests: What might REDD+ implementation mean for community forestry? Evidence from Nepal
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In this paper, the authors investigate how REDD+ has been downscaled into the community forestry context and with what implications for CF governance, and they argue that the technical and financial logic of REDD+, has had implications for community forestry governance, risks of co-opting local voices and has contributed to an ongoing commercialisation of community forests, at the cost of the livelihoods of the poorest people.About:
This article is published in Forest Policy and Economics.The article was published on 2018-07-01 and is currently open access. It has received 28 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Community forestry.read more
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The Nexus of Climate Change, Land Use, and Conflicts
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the nexus of climate change, land use, and conflict, and a particular focus is placed on the human security risks associated with the three elements, such as food and water insecurity, as well as indirectly contributing to (violent) conflict in regions vulnerable to climate change.
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The socioenvironmental state: political authority, subjects, and transformative socionatural change in an uncertain world
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate how contested, shifting, emergent boundaries of the state contain the possibilities for transformative change in the Anthropocene, and propose the notion of the socioenvironmental state.
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An assessment of governance quality for community-based forest management systems in Asia: Prioritisation of governance indicators at various scales
Tek Narayan Maraseni,Nabin Bhattarai,Bhaskar Singh Karky,Timothy Cadman,N. Timalsina,Trishna Singh Bhandari,Armando Apan,Hwan Ok Ma,R. S. Rawat,Nemit Verma,Su Mon San,Thaung Naing Oo,Kinley Dorji,Sindhu Dhungana,Mohan Poudel +14 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the results of a four-country study conducted in 2017 in Nepal, Bhutan, India and Myanmar concerning the governance quality of community-based forest management systems (CBFMS).
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Representation and participation in formulating Nepal’s REDD+ approach
TL;DR: In this paper, the newly articulated REDD+ governance policy is investigated and the authors interrogate how newly articulated governance policies can improve forest conservation and management and improve forest governance, respectively.
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Rescuing forests from the carbon trap
Hemant Ojha,Tek Narayan Maraseni,Andrea J. Nightingale,Andrea J. Nightingale,Basundhara Bhattarai,Dil B. Khatri +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight how the current discourse on forest and climate change has become carbon centric, masking the overall resilience building potential of forest ecosystems and explore potential ways forward.
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