This paper analyses the consequences of responsibilization for women in natural resource
management in Southern Tanzania. Participatory forest management (PFM) and …

Global approaches to forest management have, in the past 25 years, shifted from state-
centric management to co-management, to sometimes devolving authority to whole …

A large and growing body of evidence demonstrates that women's involvement in forest
management produces substantial gains for forest conservation and for livelihoods more …

Forest decentralization policy consists of the transfer of some central government powers to
local political institutions. Its intended outcomes include greater efficiency, equity and justice …

Despite legal and policy rhetoric about attention to gender issues in forestry management,
women continue to be marginalised in decision making, including collaborative forest …

The topic of large-scale land acquisition (LSLA) has attracted wide interest in the literature
and the media. However, there is little work on the gendered institutional changes and …

The concept of social inclusion refers to the involvement of the populace in the structures
and institutions of society, so that a shared sense of public good can be created and …

dc. description. abstract" Men and women have different relationships with institutions-
international organizations, central and local governments, and traditional authorities-and …

The study examines ways in which different models of land ownership and policies in
Tanzania affect people's environmental conservation practices. Another purpose is to …

Before the 1980s, centralized forest policies in many African countries excluded local
communities, while forest resources were frequently degraded. In response, Participatory …