Change We can Believe in? Reviewing Studies on the Conservation Impact of Popular Participation in Forest Management

This article presents a review of methods in 60 empirical studies on forest conservation impact of popular participation in forest management. The review illustrates a high degree of variance in methods among the studies, and shows that a majority of the studies could benefit from a stronger focus o...

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Published in:Conservation and society 2009-04, Vol.7 (2), p.71-82
Main Authors: Lund, Jens Friis, Balooni, Kulbhushan, Casse, Thorkil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Community
Community forestry
Company business management
conservation
Denmark
Developing countries
Ecology
Environment
Environmental impact analysis
Environmental research
Evaluation
forest
Forest conservation
Forest cover
Forest ecology
Forest management
Forest resources
Forestry
Forestry development
Forestry policy
Forestry research
impact evaluation
LDCs
Management
Methods
participation
R&D
Research & development
Review Article
Social aspects
Sustainable development
Sustainable forest management
Sustainable forestry
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Summary:This article presents a review of methods in 60 empirical studies on forest conservation impact of popular participation in forest management. The review illustrates a high degree of variance in methods among the studies, and shows that a majority of the studies could benefit from a stronger focus on one or more of the following three areas: (i) the empirical verification and characterisation of popular participation as it exists on the ground, (ii) the indicators of impact and the method used to assess them, and (iii) the disentanglement of the effect of popular participation from other developments in the study area that may impact on forest condition. The variation in methods inhibits comparisons and meta-analyses, as well as questions the basis on which policy recommendations on popular participation in forest management are made. Based on the review, we provide recommendations for future evaluations of the conservation impact of popular participation in forest management.
ISSN:0972-4923
0975-3133
DOI:10.4103/0972-4923.58640