Property Rights Issues in Common Property Regimes for Forestry

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Property Rights Issues in Common Property Regimes for Forestry

In: The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 1: Law and Justice for Development

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Pages:: 257–305

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004503014_007

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In many developing countries, common property rights regimes for forests are difficult to discern: they are typically the result of original common property elements in customary legal systems on which several layers of subsequent law have been superimposed – colonial rule, post-independence law asserting new rights in the state, laws recognizing indigenous forms of land tenure alongside “modern” land law, and attempts at harmonizing and unifying national law with respect to land. In this article, John Bruce cuts through this legal layer-cake, drawing heavily on the experience of the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and using examples from countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America and the Caribbean. He concludes that common property regimes for forest management that offer greater autonomy and security of tenure deserve to be pursued, but that their effective realization will require clearly articulated and strong legal frameworks.

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The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 1: Law and Justice for Development

Series: The World Bank Legal Review, Volume: 1

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004503014

Publisher:: Brill | Nijhoff

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2003

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- International Law
  - Public International Law
  - International Organizations

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