Forest and woodland management in East and Central Africa: emerging models for improvement in livelihoods and natural resource management in Kenya and Zambia

Gibbon, Hugh; Mbithi, Daniel M.; Mugo, E. N.; Phiri, M.

doi:10.1505/ifor.2005.7.3.193

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“…The forest law in Angola is non-existent with the sector still using the Forest Ordinances from colonial times. Progress to participatory forest management has been slow in Zambia because of the lack of policy and legal frameworks (Gibbon et al 2005). But in some cases there is good policy, e.g.…”

Section: Devolving Rights To Local Peoplementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Frameworks for forest management such the Forest Act, the National Forest Policy, and Standards and Guidelines for Participatory Forestry Management are in place, all of which are intended to promote good forest practice throughout Malawi, but implementation is slow and devolution is resisted. There has been reluctance to take responsibility for new ideas and ways of engaging with multiple stakeholders (Gibbon et al 2005). …”

Section: Barrier #8: Weak National Forestry Organisationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Dry forests, livelihoods and poverty alleviation: understanding current trends

Djoudi

Vergles

Blackie³

et al. 2015

int. forest. rev.

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Section: Devolving Rights To Local Peoplementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Barrier #8: Weak National Forestry Organisationsmentioning

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Dry forests, livelihoods and poverty alleviation: understanding current trends

Djoudi

Vergles

Blackie³

et al. 2015

int. forest. rev.

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“…There is no recently drafted forest law in Angola, for instance, and the sector still uses a colonial regulatory framework. In Zambia progress with participatory forest management has been slow because of the lack of a sound policy and legal framework (Gibbon et al, 2005). In some cases there are good policies in place (as in Tanzania) and decentralized management has been mainstreamed throughout the forestry sector.…”

Section: Devolving Rights and Responsibilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Managing the Miombo Woodlands of Southern Africa: Policies, Incentives and Options for the Rural Poor

Dewees

Campbell

Katerere³

et al. 2010

Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research

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Miombo woodlands cover vast areas of southern Africa. Of comparatively little interest for export-oriented commercial logging, they are part of a complex system of rural land use that integrates woodland management with crops and livestock. There is also evidence that woodland resources are extensively used for household consumption, greatly reducing the risk of households falling deeper into poverty as a result of environmental or economic stress. New opportunities for improving the management of miombo woodlands, with poverty mitigation in mind, suggest four policy options. First, communities are becoming more active in managing local natural resources, a result of decentralization and land reforms, which suggests that there may be good scope for strengthening related policy and legal frameworks and the measures to implement them. Second, new and integrated conservation-development approaches are emerging, which suggests possible scope for providing payments for environmental services to increase the value of managed woodlands. Third, markets throughout the region are developing and expanding, which suggests great scope for enhancing forest-based markets by removing restrictive legislation and by supporting local producers and forest enterprises. Fourth, all these opportunities suggest that public forest institutions can be revitalized by strengthening their service delivery orientations, with poverty mitigation as a main objective.

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“…The Katanino community thus formally participates in JFM decisionmaking processes through representation on the VRMCs and the FMC. It has been argued that a major reason behind the transition to JFM was the state's need to reduce forest management costs by delegating work to the local communities [30], and not necessarily to give more rights to communities [31,32]. An important question is then how far central government will go in devolving powers, resources and authority; and the appropriateness of the resulting property regimes in local contexts.…”

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Joint Forest Management in Katanino, Zambia: Inappropriate Property Regime Change?

Umar

Vedeld²

2012

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This research study reports on a Joint Forest Management (JFM) program in Katanino Area, Zambia. Data was collected through a questionnaire survey, unstructured group interviews, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and field observations. Results show that forest resources from Katanino Forest contributed only 3% to the total household incomes while 40% of respondents reported not obtaining any forest resources from Katanino Forest. Only 12 residents were involved in JFM activities while 60% of the respondents reported never having attended a meeting where JFM issues were discussed. Despite the weak institutional framework, we found the Katanino Forest to be in a good physical condition. This most likely reflects a situation of low rivalry in terms of consumption and medium costs of exclusion; normally not a situation where a rather costly common property regime would be a fitting institution. The good condition of the forest could be seen as an indication of the success, to some extent, of the previous property regime and the redundancy of a property regime change at the time, especially for an area where the local communities had alternative sources of forest resources. A main lesson to be learnt is to avoid costly and inappropriate property regime changes. One should design JFM policies to involve various actors, social institutions, and local organizations from the start; to provide and develop local ownership; and to take appropriate consideration of local resource conditions and social heterogeneity.

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Forest and woodland management in East and Central Africa: emerging models for improvement in livelihoods and natural resource management in Kenya and Zambia

Cited by 4 publications

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Dry forests, livelihoods and poverty alleviation: understanding current trends

Dry forests, livelihoods and poverty alleviation: understanding current trends

Managing the Miombo Woodlands of Southern Africa: Policies, Incentives and Options for the Rural Poor

Joint Forest Management in Katanino, Zambia: Inappropriate Property Regime Change?

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