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Land reform in Bolivia: The forestry question

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper we discuss forestry issues related to land reform in Bolivia. We find that although the current land reform satisfies most of the conditions necessary for adequately addressing development issues in the agrarian sector, it does not deal with many challenges related to forest management, and in fact contains provisions conflicting with the objectives of sustainable forest management. Given that a large part of the land being titled is actually forest land, omissions of, and conflicts with, the objectives of sustainable forest management are critical, and may have harmful ramifications for the preservation of forest resources as well as poverty reduction within forest-dependent communities.

Source: Conservation and Society

DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.92139

Authors: Lorenzo Pellegrini, Anirban Dasgupta

Institutions: International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of California, Riverside, South Asian University

Language: English

Topic: Land Rights and Reforms

Subfield: Soil Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $600