Community forests for forest communities : an examination of power imbalances, challenges and goals in Brazil and Mexico

摘要: ii PREFACE iv TABLE OF CONTENTS v LIST TABLES vii FIGURES viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Local communities and forest resources management – a brief review of community forestry 2 1.1.1 What is forestry? 1.1.2 Community forestry as subset of community-­‐based natural resource management, in the context decentralized governance 4 1.1.3 Theoretical actual implications management 8 1.1.4 The experience Latin America 11 1.1.5 Bottom-­‐up, or still top-­‐down? 14 1.2 Research objectives 16 1.3 Methodological approach 17 1.3.1 Multiple case study 19 1.3.2 Data collection 21 1.3.3 analysis 22 1.4 Structure dissertation 23 2 ARE FOREST-­DEPENDENT COMMUNITIES SECURING LEGITIMATE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY OVER THEIR FORESTS? CASE STUDIES FROM BRAZIL AND MEXICO 25 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Methods 27 2.3 cases 29 2.3.1 Mexico 2.3.2 Brazil 36 2.4 Results discussion: development conceptual framework 47 2.5 Conclusion 55 3 FRAMING COMMUNITY FORESTRY CHALLENGES WITH A BROADER LENS: CASE THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON 58 3.1 3.2 60 3.2.1 Case selection 3.2.2 studies 3.2.3 Fieldwork 65