Forests and the Poverty-Environment Nexus
Bibliography B0046
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| Auteur(s) | Arnold, J.E.M. Bird, P. |
| Date | Juin 1999 |
| Type de référence | papier |
| Nom de source | Prepared for the UNDP/EC Expert Workshop on Poverty and the Environment, Brussels, Belgium, January 20-21 1999 |
| Pages | 29 pp. |
Résumé
Linkages between the rural poor and the forest resources they draw upon are complex. In using and managing forests to maintain flows of material and environmental inputs into their livelihood systems, people often transform the resource. While pressures of poverty can mean that this leads to deforestation, it is incorrect to assume that this will necessarily happen. The existence of multiple categories of user, with different and often competing interests, can mean that developing equitable and effective systems of participatory control and management of forests can be difficult. In particular, the needs of the poor to have continued access to forests to sustain subsistence and coping livelihood strategies, are likely to conflict with the interests of the wealthier and industry in privatising forest product flows in order to exploit market opportunities. Four main areas of recommendation are discussed in the paper. One argues for a livelihoods approach to identifying constraints faced by the poor and priorities for action. A second stresses the need to strengthen governance systems, to enable the poor who draw on forests to do so equitably within systems characterised by multiple uses and multiple stakeholders. A third focuses on bringing about necessary policy reforms to underpin more equitable and sustainable forest use and management, and on strengthening mechanisms to implement and enforce such reforms. The fourth emphasises the importance of promoting partnerships among those with interests in sustainable forest management, at both the policy and local governance levels, in order to advance such changes.
Thèmes
foresterie
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