DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1505/ifor.9.4.850
Abstract
Titling of Indigenous common-property lands in easternNicaraguais a necessary base for forest management. Titling alone will not be sufficient to assure sustainable practices, and the success of demarcation programmes rests on processes of negotiation leading up to tenure decisions; nevertheless, a review of decades of history in Indigenous territories suggests that key problems in forest resource administration are inextricably linked to tenure insecurities, as explorations of current resource disputes in seven villages demonstrate. Analysis also suggests that ineffective implementation ofNicaragua’s multiethnic autonomy fosters illegality and resource mismanagement. Fundamental structural changes to improve inclusion, accountability and transparency are necessary. Remediation also requires inclusive multiscale negotiations of land claims and participatory mapping to resolve tenure disputes.
Document Type
Post-print Article
Publication Date
2007
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2007, Commonwealth Forestry Association. The definitive version is available at: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1505/ifor.9.4.850.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1505/ifor.9.4.850.
Full Citation:
Finley-Brook, Mary. "Indigenous Land Tenure Insecurity Fosters Illegal Logging in Nicaragua." International Forestry Review 9, no. 4 (2007): 850-64. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1505/ifor.9.4.850.
Recommended Citation
Finley-Brook, Mary, "Indigenous Land Tenure Insecurity Fosters Illegal Logging in Nicaragua" (2007). Geography and the Environment Faculty Publications. 16.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/geography-faculty-publications/16