Does Privatization Protect Natural Resources? Property Rights and Forests in Guatemala

Gibson, Carl H.; Lehoucq, Fabrice; Williams, John T.

doi:10.1111/1540-6237.00079

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“…Of the 19 studies that made comparisons with private regimes, 6 studies reported negative outcomes [35] and 12 studies reported undetermined outcomes (i.e. study reported both positive and negative outcome measurements) [39,44]. In addition, Fig.…”

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What are the environmental impacts of property rights regimes in forests, fisheries and rangelands?

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Background: Property rights to natural resources comprise a major policy instrument in efforts to advance sustainable resource use and conservation. Debate over the relative effectiveness of different property rights regimes in reaching these goals remains controversial. A large, diverse, and rapidly growing body of literature investigates the links between property rights regimes and environmental outcomes, but has not synthesized theoretical and policy insights within specific resource systems and especially across resource systems. Methods:We conducted a systematic review following CEE Guidelines in which we collected empirical evidence from the past two decades on the environmental impacts of property rights regimes in fisheries, forests and rangelands in developing countries. We used a bundle of rights approach to assess the impacts of state, private, and community property regimes, as well as mixed regimes and open access conditions. Outcomes were classified as positive, negative, neutral or undetermined. We also collected information on contextual and other factors thought to influence effect of property rights regimes on environmental outcomes. The search covered 90 online databases and three languages, resulting in a total of 34,984 screened titles.Results: This review identified 103 articles consisting of 374 property regime studies: 55% of the studies related to forestry, 31% to fisheries, and 14% to rangelands. The majority of the studies comprised case-control studies but presented limited information on the baseline condition of the resource system. Only 26 studies used before-aftercontrol-impact (BACI) design. We found that property regime comparisons differed across resource domains with, for example, the majority of fisheries studies using comparison to an open access situation while forest and rangeland studies were more mixed in regime comparisons. After critical appraisal of included studies, only 80 studies were accepted for the narrative synthesis. The key contextual factors largely associated with reported positive environmental outcomes across the three resource systems included monitoring and enforcement systems, resource use pressure, and the presence or absence of clear, stable and legitimate rights (i.e. 'positive regime characteristics').

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“…Only 16 studies reported enough baseline data [36,40,41,44,46,47,51,55,56] and these were classified into poor, fair and good conditions (Fig. 12).…”

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“…More than 100 published papers explore the relationship between preexisting tenure security and/or tenure type on the one hand and forest cover on the other (20,21,(33)(34)(35). Two recent meta-analyses conclude that, in general, preexisting tenure security is associated with lower rates of forest cover change regardless of the form of tenure (36,37).…”

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Titling indigenous communities protects forests in the Peruvian Amazon

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Lima

et al. 2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Developing countries are increasingly decentralizing forest governance by granting indigenous groups and other local communities formal legal title to land. However, the effects of titling on forest cover are unclear. Rigorous analyses of titling campaigns are rare, and related theoretical and empirical research suggests that they could either stem or spur forest damage. We analyze such a campaign in the Peruvian Amazon, where more than 1,200 indigenous communities comprising some 11 million ha have been titled since the mid1970s. We use community-level longitudinal data derived from highresolution satellite images to estimate the effect of titling between 2002 and 2005 on contemporaneous forest clearing and disturbance. Our results indicate that titling reduces clearing by more than threequarters and forest disturbance by roughly two-thirds in a 2-y window spanning the year title is awarded and the year afterward. These results suggest that awarding formal land titles to local communities can advance forest conservation.

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“…Untuk menilai kesiapan kelembagaan, maka hanya dua komponen terkait kelembagaan yang dirujuk yaitu 1) Autonomy: yaitu masyarakat secara mandiri mampu untuk merumuskan aturan terkait pengelolaan hutan lestari; 2) Prior Organizational Experience: yaitu di mana masyarakat telah memiliki pengetahuan dan kemampuan berorganisasi. Kedua indikator tersebut juga sesuai dengan pendapat Gibson, Lehoucq, & Wlliams (2002) yang menyatakan bahwa proyek-proyek masyarakat dan REDD+ juga membutuhkan kemampuan untuk menegakkan peraturan untuk mengelola hutan secara efektif.…”

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Community-Based Carbon Emission Reduction Program in Protection Forest

Alviya¹,

Muttaqin²,

Salminah³

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j.analisis.kebijak.kehutan.

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ABSTRAKHutan yang berfungsi lindung berpotensi untuk berkontribusi terhadap upaya penurunan emisi. Pengelolaan hutan berfungsi lindung untuk penurunan emisi dinilai akan lebih efektif jika masyarakat sekitar terlibat dalam mekanisme pengambilan keputusan. Tulisan ini bertujuan menganalisis peran masyarakat pengelola hutan dalam upaya penurunan emisi. Kajian ini meliputi persepsi masyarakat terhadap REDD+, kesiapan kelembagaan di tingkat tapak, potensi dan kendala pemanfaatan jasa lingkungan, dan alternatif skema REDD+ berbasis masyarakat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa masyarakat di lokasi penelitian memiliki persepsi terhadap REDD+ dengan tingkat variasi dari tinggi hingga sedang. Persepsi yang tinggi dipengaruhi oleh adanya dukungan kegiatan terkait REDD+ oleh lembaga swadaya masyarakat. Sementara itu, kesiapan kelembagaan masyarakat di ketiga lokasi untuk mendukung REDD+ telah terbangun cukup baik. Masyarakat di semua lokasi telah memiliki lembaga khusus pengelolaan hutan termasuk rencana pengelolaannya. Meskipun demikian, pelaksanaannya belum optimal karena kompleksitas masalah yang dihadapi. Contohnya, jasa lingkungan yang berpotensi untuk dikembangkan adalah wisata alam, jasa air dan karbon, tetapi pendanaan menjadi kendala utama sehingga perlu dicari mekanisme insentif yang dapat mendukung pengembangannya. Mempertimbangkan kondisi yang ada, skema Plan Vivo dinilai cocok untuk mendukung mekanisme pembayaran jasa karbon di Hutan Adat Rumbio dan Yapase, sedangkan Hutan Desa Katimpun dinilai lebih tepat menerapkan skema Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).Kata kunci: Pengelolaan hutan berbasis masyarakat; REDD+; jasa lingkungan.

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Does Privatization Protect Natural Resources? Property Rights and Forests in Guatemala

Cited by 64 publications

References 19 publications

What are the environmental impacts of property rights regimes in forests, fisheries and rangelands?

What are the environmental impacts of property rights regimes in forests, fisheries and rangelands?

Titling indigenous communities protects forests in the Peruvian Amazon

Community-Based Carbon Emission Reduction Program in Protection Forest

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