Governance and social learning in the management of Non-Wood Forest Products in community forests in Cameroon

Brown, H. Carolyn Peach; Buck, L. E.; Lassoie, James P.

doi:10.1504/ijarge.2008.018329

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“…At both HPCF and KICODA, participants reported gaining knowledge and skills related to forestry and business management, as well as conservation, through activities such as attending meetings and training seminars, networking, taking field trips, and volunteering for their forestry organizations. These findings are similar to those of other social learning scholars (e.g., Schusler et al 2003, Brown et al 2008, Fernandez-Gimenez et al 2008. Furthermore, people who volunteered often were also more aware of the organization's mandate, activities, successes, failures, changes, and future plans.…”

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“…Although it may be relatively easy to attribute change in skill acquisition to a specific training activity or event(s), it becomes more difficult to attribute learning outcomes such as improvements in relationships to participation in a governance system. In our case, we asked study participants what they had learned and what changes had occurred in the community forest (CF) as a result of learning, an approach that has been used by scholars such as Brown et al (2008), FernandezGimenez et al (2008), and Brummel et al (2010).…”

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Social learning by whom? Assessing gendered opportunities for participation and social learning in collaborative forest governance

Egunyu¹,

Reed²

2015

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ABSTRACT. Collaborative forest governance enables forest-based communities access to and management responsibilities for forestry resources. Researchers argue that processes that enable social learning have the potential to contribute to the sustainable management of forests by engaging local people, helping them identify their collective needs and gain access to resource entitlements, and encouraging them to learn about and implement different management options. Although there is considerable attention to gender in the literature on collaborative forestry, particularly in developing countries, there is relatively little attention to gender in the social learning literature. Furthermore, there is almost no attention to these issues in postindustrial countries. Our purpose was to better understand how gender affects social learning and collaborative forest governance in forest-based communities in Canada and Uganda. Results showed that most participants in both countries started engaging in collaborative forest governance with limited knowledge and learned as they participated in various activities. However, we found that social learning opportunities and outcomes were affected by gender; in addition, they were also affected by the values that people held, education, and literacy. We suggest that practitioners should consider gender and other axes of difference if they want to design collaborative forest governance initiatives that are both participatory and inclusive.

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Social learning by whom? Assessing gendered opportunities for participation and social learning in collaborative forest governance

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2015

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“…Government respondents felt that this may be most effectively done through international and national NGOs who already have close relations in working with communities. NGOs already play a key role in linking with communities in decentralized forest management in Cameroon (Brown et al 2008b).…”

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Institutional adaptive capacity and climate change response in the Congo Basin forests of Cameroon

Brown

Nkem

Sonwa³

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Climate change presents additional challenges to a diverse country like Cameroon that shares the Congo Basin rainforest. Not only is the population vulnerable to the direct effects of climate change, forest-dependent communities are also vulnerable to changing environmental policy that may affect their access to forest resources. Using a qualitative approach to data collection through semi-structured interviews and content analysis of relevant documents, the perception of decision-makers within, and the response of the institutions of the state, the private sector and civil society to the complex challenges of climate change in the Congo Basin forest of Cameroon were analysed. Results indicate that while decision-makers' awareness of climate change is high, a concrete institutional response is at a very early stage. Cameroon has low adaptive capacity that is further constrained by weak linkages among government institutions nationally and between different levels of government and with communities. Civil society institutions play a role in enhancing government capacity to respond, particularly in relation to new international policies on climate change and forests. Adaptive capacity would be further enhanced by facilitating institutional linkages and coordinating multilevel responses across all boundaries of government, private sector and civil society. A collaborative capacity builder could foster the transfer, receipt and integration of knowledge across the networks, and ultimately build long-term collaborative problem-solving capacity in Cameroon.

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“…Nongovernmental organizations already play a key role in linking higher level institutions with communities in decentralized forest management in the Congo Basin (Brown et al 2008). Therefore, it is not surprising that international and national NGOs, who already have close relations in working with communities, are providing the avenue for forest communities and indigenous peoples to have input to the REDD?…”

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Climate Change and Forest Communities: Prospects for Building Institutional Adaptive Capacity in the Congo Basin Forests

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Smit

Somorin

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Tropical forests are vulnerable to climatechange representing a risk for indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities. Mechanisms to conserve the forest, such as REDD?, could assist in the mitigation of climate change, reduce vulnerability, and enable people to adapt. Ninety-eight interviews were conducted in three countries containing the Congo Basin forest, Cameroon, CAR, and DRC, to investigate perceptions of decisionmakers within, and responses of the institutions of the state, private sector, and civil society to the challenges of climate change. Results indicate that while decision-makers' awareness of climate change is high, direct institutional action is at an early stage. Adaptive capacity is currently low, but it could be enhanced with further development of institutional linkages and increased coordination of multilevel responses across all institutions and with local people. It is important to build networks with forest-dependent stakeholders at the local level, who can contribute knowledge that will build overall institutional adaptive capacity.

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Governance and social learning in the management of Non-Wood Forest Products in community forests in Cameroon

Cited by 14 publications

References 23 publications

Social learning by whom? Assessing gendered opportunities for participation and social learning in collaborative forest governance

Social learning by whom? Assessing gendered opportunities for participation and social learning in collaborative forest governance

Institutional adaptive capacity and climate change response in the Congo Basin forests of Cameroon

Climate Change and Forest Communities: Prospects for Building Institutional Adaptive Capacity in the Congo Basin Forests

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