Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia

This chapter analyses the model of decentralization of forest management in Bolivia, and assess its main outcomes. Though significant functions were delegated to municipalities regarding forest resources such as control of forest crime, monitoring of forest management, delimitation and allocation of...

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Main Author: Pacheco, P.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Español
Published: CIFOR and IDRC 2003
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18852
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description This chapter analyses the model of decentralization of forest management in Bolivia, and assess its main outcomes. Though significant functions were delegated to municipalities regarding forest resources such as control of forest crime, monitoring of forest management, delimitation and allocation of municipal reserves, the central state has reserved by itself some key functions regarding forest resources allocation and formulation of forest regulations. Besides the powers delegated to local governments, there are other factors that influence on decentralization such as the political economy of municipalities, the social pressures of local forest users over the local government, and the property regimes. Those conditioning factors affect the institutional capacity of local governments to deal with forest management which is also influenced by the amount of forest resources municipalities spend on their municipal forest units, the human resources capacities, and the degrees of transparency in decision making within local governments. The interactions of all those factors define the diverse results that decentralization has in practice for people and forest resources.
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spelling CGSpace188522025-01-24T14:20:33Z Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia Pacheco, P. decentralization local government forest resources forest management This chapter analyses the model of decentralization of forest management in Bolivia, and assess its main outcomes. Though significant functions were delegated to municipalities regarding forest resources such as control of forest crime, monitoring of forest management, delimitation and allocation of municipal reserves, the central state has reserved by itself some key functions regarding forest resources allocation and formulation of forest regulations. Besides the powers delegated to local governments, there are other factors that influence on decentralization such as the political economy of municipalities, the social pressures of local forest users over the local government, and the property regimes. Those conditioning factors affect the institutional capacity of local governments to deal with forest management which is also influenced by the amount of forest resources municipalities spend on their municipal forest units, the human resources capacities, and the degrees of transparency in decision making within local governments. The interactions of all those factors define the diverse results that decentralization has in practice for people and forest resources. 2003 2012-06-04T09:08:53Z 2012-06-04T09:08:53Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18852 es CIFOR and IDRC Pacheco, P. 2003. Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia . In: Ferroukhi, L.(ed.). Municipal forest management in Latin America. :19-56. Bogor, Indonesia, CIFOR and IDRC. ISBN: 979-3361-05-0..
spellingShingle decentralization
local government
forest resources
forest management
Pacheco, P.
Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia
title Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia
title_full Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia
title_fullStr Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia
title_full_unstemmed Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia
title_short Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia
title_sort municipalities and local participation in forest management in bolivia
topic decentralization
local government
forest resources
forest management
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