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Forest Property Rights: The Role of the State and Institutional Exigency, the Ethiopian Experience - Softcover

Bekele, Melaku

 
9783639090598: Forest Property Rights: The Role of the State and Institutional Exigency, the Ethiopian Experience

Synopsis

In the past 100 years forest property regimes changed from the one to the other, each time alienating communities & generating conflicts. The State's liberal distribution of natural forests (1940-60) created individual forest property regimes over large area. The State, however, failed to regulate utilization, ensuing widespread deforestation. The 1975 nationalization act & the subsequent policies further alienated users. At present conflicts over forest has become a defining factor of the relations between and among forest users. The creation & upholding of property institutions have always been the primary task of the State. Where the latter failed forest depletion occurred, something that still happens today. In Ethiopia the future of forestry & stable property rights regimes are closely interwoven. However, we need to avoid imposing a national blue print of property regimes for all forests. It is important to look into each forest differently because of diverse economic needs, cultural variations & environmental priorities

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About the Author

Melaku Bekele is affiliated to Wondo Genet College, HU, Ethiopia. He lectures on natural resources policy, PNRM, & Gender. His research interest includes: forest policy, property rights, and JFM. Presently he is studding JFM practices under the title: Freedom from Conflict? JFM Practice in Chilimo and Bonga Forests, Ethiopia.

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