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From supervising subjects to supporting citizens: recent developments in community forestry in Asia and Africa

David Brown, Y.B. Malla, Kate Schreckenberg, Oliver Springate‐Baginski

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"Drawing on two contrasting cases 'Nepal (multiple purpose, relatively low value upland forests) and Cameroon (humid lowland forests of high commercial value)' this paper argues that policy development in community forestry has involved many unknowns, necessitating a learning process orientation and considerable flexibility."

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"Drawing on two contrasting cases 'Nepal (multiple purpose, relatively low value upland forests) and Cameroon (humid lowland forests of high commercial value)' this paper argues that policy development in community forestry has involved many unknowns, necessitating a learning process orientation and considerable flexibility."

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"Drawing on two contrasting cases 'Nepal (multiple purpose, relatively low value upland forests) and Cameroon (humid lowland forests of high commercial value)' this paper argues that policy development in community forestry has involved many unknowns, necessitating a learning process orientation and considerable flexibility."

Key concepts: Community forestry, Equity (law), General partnership, Government (linguistics), Forestry, Forest management, Political science, State (computer science)

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