Efforts to promote popular participation in forest management in Sub-Saharan Africa have
faced many obstacles and disappointments. Although promises of improvements in relation …

In the extensive literature scholars have demonstrated that the goals of power transfer in the
decentralization of natural resources governance have not been fully achieved. Powerful …

REDD+ is an ambition to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest
degradation in the Global South. This ambition has generated unprecedented commitment …

Summary Community Forest Management (CFM)—ranging from community-based to co-
management regimes—has become an influential approach in the management of forests …

This paper aims to assess the emergence of the concept of forest governance in the field of
forest policy analysis. This assessment is mainly theoretical in nature. The various meanings …

Participation of local communities in forest management decision-making has been
promoted as a mechanism of improving livelihoods and forest conditions, yet the level of …

From the 1980s great hopes have been placed on community forest management to
promote socio-economic development along with forest protection. Empirical research has …

The scope of the reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD)
mechanism has broadened REDD+ to accommodate different country interests such as …

Highlights•We identify four strands in the literature on forestry decentralization policies.•The
strands reflect disciplinary differences in values and methods preferences.•Each strand …

Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) is a major global strategy for
enhancing conservation outcomes while also seeking to improve rural livelihoods; however …