Rethinking Collaborative Arrangements with Local Partners

More forest area is being designated for use by local communities and indigenous peoples. In a growing number of countries legislation is being introduced to ensure that local partners share in the benefits of forest operations and participate as a...

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Main Authors: Rosenbaum, Kenneth, Chandrasekharan Behr, Diji, Larson, Gunnar
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11800553/rethinking-collaborative-arrangements-local-partners
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spelling okr-10986-94642021-04-23T14:02:45Z Rethinking Collaborative Arrangements with Local Partners Rosenbaum, Kenneth Chandrasekharan Behr, Diji Larson, Gunnar ACCESS TO LAND AGRICULTURE BOUNDARIES CIVIL SOCIETY COLLABORATION COMPENSATION CONFLICT CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICT RESOLUTION MECHANISMS CONFLICTS CORRUPTION COUNTERPARTS COURT CULTURAL BARRIERS DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING DEFORESTATION DISCUSSION DISCUSSIONS DISPUTE RESOLUTION DOCUMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FLOW OF INFORMATION FOREST FOREST RESOURCES FORESTS FOUNDATIONS GOOD PRACTICE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS INSIGHTS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAND RIGHTS LAWS LEADING LEGISLATION LITERATURE MEDIATOR MEETINGS MUTUAL RESPECT NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGOTIATION NEGOTIATIONS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OWNERSHIP RIGHTS PARTNERING PARTNERSHIP PASTURES PROJECT DESIGN PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC LANDS RESOURCE DEPENDENT COMMUNITIES RESOURCE USE REVIEWS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL PEOPLE SELF-DETERMINATION SOCIAL RELATIONS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER THINKING WILL WORKING RELATIONSHIPS More forest area is being designated for use by local communities and indigenous peoples. In a growing number of countries legislation is being introduced to ensure that local partners share in the benefits of forest operations and participate as active stakeholders in the sustainable use of forest resources. Private sector investment in the forest sector is increasing as well. For businesses in an expanding range of investment settings, establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with local communities is an essential part of gaining access to natural resources, local skills and labor. Afforestation and reforestation activities and programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), including sustainable forest management (SFM) and forest restoration, seek to increase forest carbon sequestration, and their success or failure will rely in many respects on the effective cooperation of forest dependent people. These developments are giving partnerships and benefit-sharing arrangements between local and outside partners greater prominence than they have generally had in the past. The significance of these collaborative arrangements is increasing whether the local partner is a community, a user or producer association, or a group of individual landholders, and whether the outside partner is a private firm, a government agency, or a nongovernmental or civil society organization. The arrangements vary widely in purpose as well for the respective partners. Local partners may be interested in employment and income generating opportunities, in the security of their access to forest land, in the protection of resources that have traditional or other values, or in capitalizing on small business opportunities. Outside partners may be interested in gaining and securing access to forest products, in obtaining the cooperation of local communities in how forest resources are used, in alleviating rural poverty, or in managing risks and ensuring the provision of environmental services. 2012-08-13T08:39:58Z 2012-08-13T08:39:58Z 2010-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11800553/rethinking-collaborative-arrangements-local-partners http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9464 English Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 51 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research The World Region
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topic ACCESS TO LAND
AGRICULTURE
BOUNDARIES
CIVIL SOCIETY
COLLABORATION
COMPENSATION
CONFLICT
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
CONFLICT RESOLUTION MECHANISMS
CONFLICTS
CORRUPTION
COUNTERPARTS
COURT
CULTURAL BARRIERS
DECISION MAKING
DECISION-MAKING
DEFORESTATION
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSIONS
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DOCUMENTS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
FLOW OF INFORMATION
FOREST
FOREST RESOURCES
FORESTS
FOUNDATIONS
GOOD PRACTICE
HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS
INSIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LAND RIGHTS
LAWS
LEADING
LEGISLATION
LITERATURE
MEDIATOR
MEETINGS
MUTUAL RESPECT
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGOTIATION
NEGOTIATIONS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
OWNERSHIP RIGHTS
PARTNERING
PARTNERSHIP
PASTURES
PROJECT DESIGN
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC LANDS
RESOURCE DEPENDENT COMMUNITIES
RESOURCE USE
REVIEWS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL PEOPLE
SELF-DETERMINATION
SOCIAL RELATIONS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
THINKING
WILL
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO LAND
AGRICULTURE
BOUNDARIES
CIVIL SOCIETY
COLLABORATION
COMPENSATION
CONFLICT
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
CONFLICT RESOLUTION MECHANISMS
CONFLICTS
CORRUPTION
COUNTERPARTS
COURT
CULTURAL BARRIERS
DECISION MAKING
DECISION-MAKING
DEFORESTATION
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSIONS
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DOCUMENTS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
FLOW OF INFORMATION
FOREST
FOREST RESOURCES
FORESTS
FOUNDATIONS
GOOD PRACTICE
HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS
INSIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LAND RIGHTS
LAWS
LEADING
LEGISLATION
LITERATURE
MEDIATOR
MEETINGS
MUTUAL RESPECT
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGOTIATION
NEGOTIATIONS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
OWNERSHIP RIGHTS
PARTNERING
PARTNERSHIP
PASTURES
PROJECT DESIGN
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC LANDS
RESOURCE DEPENDENT COMMUNITIES
RESOURCE USE
REVIEWS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL PEOPLE
SELF-DETERMINATION
SOCIAL RELATIONS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
THINKING
WILL
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
Rosenbaum, Kenneth
Chandrasekharan Behr, Diji
Larson, Gunnar
Rethinking Collaborative Arrangements with Local Partners
geographic_facet The World Region
relation Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 51
description More forest area is being designated for use by local communities and indigenous peoples. In a growing number of countries legislation is being introduced to ensure that local partners share in the benefits of forest operations and participate as active stakeholders in the sustainable use of forest resources. Private sector investment in the forest sector is increasing as well. For businesses in an expanding range of investment settings, establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with local communities is an essential part of gaining access to natural resources, local skills and labor. Afforestation and reforestation activities and programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), including sustainable forest management (SFM) and forest restoration, seek to increase forest carbon sequestration, and their success or failure will rely in many respects on the effective cooperation of forest dependent people. These developments are giving partnerships and benefit-sharing arrangements between local and outside partners greater prominence than they have generally had in the past. The significance of these collaborative arrangements is increasing whether the local partner is a community, a user or producer association, or a group of individual landholders, and whether the outside partner is a private firm, a government agency, or a nongovernmental or civil society organization. The arrangements vary widely in purpose as well for the respective partners. Local partners may be interested in employment and income generating opportunities, in the security of their access to forest land, in the protection of resources that have traditional or other values, or in capitalizing on small business opportunities. Outside partners may be interested in gaining and securing access to forest products, in obtaining the cooperation of local communities in how forest resources are used, in alleviating rural poverty, or in managing risks and ensuring the provision of environmental services.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Rosenbaum, Kenneth
Chandrasekharan Behr, Diji
Larson, Gunnar
author_facet Rosenbaum, Kenneth
Chandrasekharan Behr, Diji
Larson, Gunnar
author_sort Rosenbaum, Kenneth
title Rethinking Collaborative Arrangements with Local Partners
title_short Rethinking Collaborative Arrangements with Local Partners
title_full Rethinking Collaborative Arrangements with Local Partners
title_fullStr Rethinking Collaborative Arrangements with Local Partners
title_full_unstemmed Rethinking Collaborative Arrangements with Local Partners
title_sort rethinking collaborative arrangements with local partners
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11800553/rethinking-collaborative-arrangements-local-partners
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9464
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