Tenure regimes and forest management : case studies in Latin America

This paper, the product of a workshop sponsored by USAID"s DESFIL and ACCESS II projects, draws together current knowledge on tenure issues in sustainable forest management and specifies areas for further research. It draws on recent research and case study experiences in Latin America, but many of its findings and the proposed research framework can be applied in other regions. One strong lesson which emerges from this synthesis is that tenure regimes must be designed for specific situations (e.g., for particular types of managers, ecological conditions, and demographic, market, and policy circumstances) and they must be adapted to changing conditions. Ten brief case studies are appended. (Author abstract)