Authors
Reem Hajjar, Johan A Oldekop
Publication date
2018/6/1
Source
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Volume
32
Pages
119-125
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Highlights
- Three novel trends in community forest management literature are identified.
- Studies examine REDD+ projects, superimposed on CFM institutions, and what they contribute to CFM goals.
- Studies analyze cost-effectiveness and inner workings of community forest enterprises.
- Studies use secondary socio-economic and environmental datasets to determine outcomes of CFM.
Community forest management (CFM) has been promoted worldwide as a means to conserve forests, recognize community rights, and improve local livelihoods. Here, we synthesize findings across recent CFM studies and identify two thematic and one methodological trend at the forefront of CFM scholarship. The first thematic trend is an examination of community forest enterprises as hybrid business models. The second is the increase of studies examining how REDD+ can contribute to the goals of CFM, and vice versa. The key …
Scholar articles
R Hajjar, JA Oldekop - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2018