What does community forestry mean in a devolved Great Britain?

Lawrence, Anna; Anglezarke, B.; Frost, Bryan-Paul; Nolan, P.; Owen, R.

doi:10.1505/ifor.11.2.281

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“…In the three countries of Great Britain (GB) (England, Wales and Scotland), a rapidly growing CF sector has emerged since the 1980s (Lawrence et al, 2009). Government in all three countries now supports community action through enterprise and social enterprise development (Bailey, 2012;Thompson, 2011).…”

Section: Community Forestry and The Development Of Cbfe In Great Britainmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Scotland CF has primarily been driven by two sets of policy motivations: rural development and community self-determination; and environmental and social improvement in urban areas (Lawrence et al, 2009). This is reflected in policy support and legislative instruments around land tenure reform, community rights to buy, the transfer of asset ownership and community empowerment in regional and local governance.…”

Section: Community Forestry and The Development Of Cbfe In Great Britainmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Community based forest enterprises in Britain: Two organising typologies

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Lawrence

Stewart

2015

Forest Policy and Economics

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Section: Community Forestry and The Development Of Cbfe In Great Britainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Community Forestry and The Development Of Cbfe In Great Britainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community based forest enterprises in Britain: Two organising typologies

Ambrose-Oji

Lawrence

Stewart

2015

Forest Policy and Economics

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“…The answer might be useful in order to predict how the ecological outcomes might change. Several other studies concluded with similar results (Shackleton et al, 2002;Flint et al, 2008;Charnley & Poe, 2007;McDermott & Schreckenberg, 2009;Maharjan et al, 2009;Danks, 2009;Lawrence et al, 2009;McDermot, 2009;Vyamana, 2009;Pandit et al, 2011;Andersson & Agrawal, 2011;. However, benefits for the direct user might not be always positive.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 68%

“…However, benefits for the direct user might not be always positive. Especially if they are distributed unfairly, this may increase inequity between the forest users (McDermott & Schreckenber, 2009;Maharjan et al, 2009;Danks, 2009;Lawrence et al, 2009;McDermot, 2009;Vyamana, 2009;Pandit et al, 2011). This aspect is not researched within the study.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community Forestry in Germany, a Case Study Seen Through the Lens of the International Model

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Krott²,

Logmani³

et al. 2013

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Recent and on-going international research, especially on community forestry in developing countries, has begun to question the success of the international community forestry concept that was introduced more recently, by the end of the 1970s. Though it appears that community forestry does contribute to a positive ecological outcome, further analysis seems to reveal that other advantages promised by the model, i.e., devolution of power to the local resource users and improvement of their livelihoods, simply do not happen.In comparison the German Community Forestry as a concept was first introduced during the 18th century. This article investigates the ways in which German community forestry works and, given that it's continued existence represents a measure of success, whether it can be a model for community forestry worldwide. To ascertain this, we analyse 11 community forests in Germany, applying power theory and methodology to identify the powerful actors and these actors' interests. In addition, we also analyse the outcomes of community forestry.The results show that the researched community forests are sustainably managed, but that powerful actors control this management. The direct forest user is not very involved and benefits only slightly. Therefore, the article concludes that the German community forestry cannot be a worldwide model, but that it is nevertheless an interesting model in practice if the goal is to manage forest resources sustainably.

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“…The institutional and political trend towards devolution and localism (Apostolopoulou et al 2014) is accompanied by an increase in active citizenship (Hoskins 2009) at the local level. The interest from local citizens to actively engage in the conservation of green spaces and biodiversity can be linked to an increased understanding of the benefits of greenspaces in delivering public goods (Lawrence et al 2009); a raise of neo-communitarianism to address social inequality (Fyfe 2005); and more general trends towards co-production of public goods and services (Pestoff, Brandsen, and Verschuere 2012) in the 'energetic society' (Hajer et al 2015).…”

Section: Introduction To Green Citizen Initiativesmentioning

confidence: 99%