Disempowering democracy: Local representation in community and carbon forestry in Africa

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Disempowering democracy: Local representation in community and carbon forestry in Africa [1]

All major agencies intervening in community-based and carbon forestry – such as international development agencies, conservation institutions, and national governments – state that their interventions must engage local participation in decision making. All say they aim to represent local people in the design and implementation of their interventions. In practice, decision-making processes are rarely 'free', barely 'prior' poorly 'informative' and seldom seek any form of democratic 'consent' or even 'consultation'. Through case studies of representation processes in forestry programs in the Congo Basin region, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda, this special issue shows how forestry interventions weaken local democracy.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date:

01/10/2017

Author(s): Melis Ece [3], James Murombedzi [4], Jesse Ribot [5]

Source: Conservation and Society [6]

Vol:

15

Issue:

4

pp:

357-370

Tags:

Forests [7], Africa [8], Ghana [9], Kenya [10], Nigeria [11], Senegal [12], Uganda [13], REDD [14], Forest Management [15], Community Forest Management (CFM) [16], Forest Policy [17]

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/disempowering-democracy-local-representation-community-and-carbon-forestry-africa

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/disempowering-democracy-local-representation-community-and-carbon-forestry-africa
[2] http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2017;volume=15;issue=4;spage=357;epage=370;aulast=Ece;type=0
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/melis-ece
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/james-murombedzi
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jesse-ribot
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/conservation-and-society
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ghana
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kenya
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nigeria
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/senegal
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uganda
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/redd
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-management
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/community-forest-management-cfm
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-policy