Who owns Africa’s forests? Exploring the impacts of forest tenure reform on forest ecosystems and livelihoods

摘要: AbstractAfrican countries are at different stages of decentralizing rights and responsibilities for forest resources management to local communities. However, there is still reluctance on enabling security tenure reasons. This lack clarity entitlements has constrained the sustainable forests livelihood improvement wealth creation as well use. attributed formal bestowed rural communities deriving goods services from forested landscapes. Understanding how decentralization shaped access, use by adjacent provides useful lessons experiences that can inform ongoing debates land, trees tree critical in management. paper explores: (i) process history reform sub-Saharan Africa; (ii) why powers over have bee...