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Document Author(s): Naughton-Treves, Lisa , Day, Cathy

This volume of case studies comprises one of two main publications resulting from the Oct. 21-22, 2011 Land Tenure and Forest Carbon Management Workshop hosted by the University of Wisconsin/Madison’s Land Tenure Center (LTC), Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and Geography Dept. Contributed by an impressive array of researchers, NGOs, and other development partners (Land Tenure Center, Wildlife Conservation Society, Landesa, CIFOR, Cordillera Tropical Fundación, Ecolex, PACT, Community Forestry International, World Resources Institute), this combination of national- and community-level cases from Tanzania, Mozambique, Nepal, India, Cambodia, Laos, and Ecuador complement a set of research papers prepared simultaneously for a special issue of the journal World Development (2013).

Reviewer: Michael Colby

Reviewer Affiliation: USAID/E3/LTRM

Review Date: 2013-03-06

Journal: (related papers in World Development)

Publisher: University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Land Tenure Center

Document type(s):

• Site-based case study
• Sectoral review
• Country-based case study

Star rating: ★★★★★

Regions:

• Africa - Southern
• Africa
• Global
• Asia - South
• Latin America and Caribbean - South America
• Asia
• Asia - Southeast
• Africa - East

Country: multiple

Donor: USAID, CIFOR, etc.

Project name: TransLinks

Natural resource(s):

• Forest

Ecosystem service(s):

• Forest Carbon

NWP Principles - Nature

• Promoted local land use planning and appropriate resource tenure systems - [Relevant]

NWP Principles - Wealth

• Promoted or developed economic strategies for natural resource management - [Relevant]
• Proportional equivalence between benefits and costs - [Relevant]
• Strengthened markets and NRM market incentives - [Relevant]

NWP Principles - Power

• Continuous and inclusive consultations - [Relevant]n
• Procedural rights for all people, especially vulnerable or marginalized groups - [Relevant]
• Natural resource authority and functions distribution - [Relevant]
• Local stakeholder input into public decisions and policy - [Relevant]

Tools used

• Devolution to communities
• Land use planning
• Land tenure securitization
• GIS/remote sensing
• Payments for ecosystem services
• Resource user groups
• Devolution to local governments
• Tree tenure rights
• Information/knowledge management technology
• Participatory Planning

Constraints

• Environmental/productivity - [Yes]
• Governance/empowerment - [Yes]
• Economic/income generation - [Yes]

Solutions

• Environmental/productivity - [Yes]
• Governance/empowerment - [Yes]
• Economic/income generation - [Yes]

Additional Discussion Topics

• Lessons learned (Cautionary Tale)
• Lessons learned (Success Story)
• Governance - [External or structural policies that influenced success or failure]
• Economic - [External or structural policies that influenced success or failure]
• Resources - [External or structural policies that influenced success or failure]