| dc.contributor.author |
Geoghegan, Tighe |
|
| dc.date.accessioned |
2010-08-25T15:35:34Z |
|
| dc.date.available |
2010-08-25T15:35:34Z |
|
| dc.date.issued |
2003 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6197 |
|
| dc.description.abstract |
"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." |
en_US |
| dc.language |
English |
en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Gatekeeper Series, no. 110 |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
forest management |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
stakeholders |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
community forestry |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
watersheds |
en_US |
| dc.title |
Risking Change: Experimenting With Local Forest Management Committees in Jamaica |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Working Paper |
en_US |
| dc.type.methodology |
Case Study |
en_US |
| dc.publisher.workingpaperseries |
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.region |
Central America & Caribbean |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.country |
Jamaica |
en_US |
| dc.subject.sector |
Forestry |
en_US |