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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Dahal, Ganga Ram; Atkinson, Julian; Bampton, James |
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Date:
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2011 |
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Agency:
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EU FLEGT Facility Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7719
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Sector:
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Forestry |
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Region:
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East Asia
Middle East & South Asia |
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Subject(s):
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forests
land tenure and use
community forestry
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Abstract:
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"Forest tenure regimes in Asia have undergone significant changes in recent decades. However, perhaps as a legacy of colonial regimes, governments are still the predominant legal owners and managers of forests and forestland. It is estimated that some 67% of total forestlands in Asia are claimed and controlled by governments, whereas only a total of 27% is designated for use or owned by local communities and indigenous peoples. Tenure arrangements across Asian countries are highly variable. Some countries recognize community ownership rights to both forests (i.e. trees) and forestland, or have devolved a certain degree of authority and management responsibility for these resources to local communities and indigenous groups. agro-industrial industries. This report is intended to provide an overview of forest tenure in Asia between 2002 and 2010, building on and updating previous regional tenure studies undertaken by the Rights and Resources Initiative, and RRI and the International Tropical Timber Organization. It is supplemented by a set of country studies, which provide a more in-depth look at tenure statistics and trends in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Nepal and Vietnam."
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