Lessons for participatory natural forest management in Latin America; case studies from Honduras, Mexico, and Peru
The need for innovative and participatory natural forest management approaches has never been greater, as more conventional approaches fail to withstand demographic, commercial and political pressures for conversion to other land uses. This paper describes three important participatory experiences in Latin America, where the primary focus is sustainable management for timber production. The results underline some of the basic conditions for successful participatory management. In Mexico, security of tenure, creation of new institutional structures, strong producer group organizations, political support,promotion of lesser known species, the presence of a valuable non-timber forest product and the relatively rich Peten forest type have all been important. However in Honduras, attempts to successfully organise pit-sawing cooperatives have been hampered by the lack of most of these factors, especially the forest policy, tenure and institutional factors. The Peruvian experience, in spite of its well-documented strip shelterbelt silvicultural system, tenure security, and innovative marketing strategy, has also suffered from institutional and policy problems, but above all from a political and economic climate inimical to economically sustainable natural forest management.
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1993
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| Subjects: | FORESTERIA SOCIAL, ADMINISTRACION, ASPECTOS SOCIOECONOMICOS, MANEJO FORESTAL, SILVICULTURA, SOSTENIBILIDAD, HONDURAS, MEXICO, PERU, |
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