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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Geoghegan, Tighe |
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Date:
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2003 |
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Agency:
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International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London |
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Series:
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Gatekeeper Series, no. 110 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6197
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Sector:
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Forestry |
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Region:
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Central America & Caribbean |
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Subject(s):
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forest management
stakeholders
community forestry
watersheds
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Abstract:
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"This paper presents the results of research by the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute and the Jamaica Forestry Department (FD) on one component of Jamaica’s new approach: the establishment of two Local Forest Management Committees (LFMCs) to involve stakeholders in managing forest reserves. Eighteen months after their establishment, the LFMCs have become a channel of communication between the FD and local stakeholders that is valued by both. They have contributed to the Department’s watershed management plan; suggested ways in which forest management can be improved through collaboration with stakeholders; identified opportunities for increasing the contribution of forest reserves to local development; and translated some of these into small but ambitious projects. They are also having some influence on national policy and the institutional culture of the FD."
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