[PDF] Social Responsibility Agreements In Ghanas Forestry Sector eBook

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The winner of the bid is required by law to satisfy the requirement of the SRA by undertaking to spend five per cent of the value of the stumpage fee to provide social amenities to communities and inhabitants of the timber utilization areas (L. [...] In terms of the guidelines, the negotiating team should include a) representatives of the community - the stool land chief, village chief, elder, Community Forest Committee members, the unit committee and Assembly Member of the community, and b) the applicant for the Timber Utilization Contract - the Managing Director and/or the Bush Manager. [...] The role of the District forest officials was limited to facilitating the process by helping the representatives and the contractors reach consensus on the list of items and documenting the process. [...] At Achichire, the chief, his council of elders and the Chairman of the Unit Committee negotiated the interest of the people whilst at Anakum, the chief, his council of elders, the assemblyman and members of the Unit Committee represented the people. [...] With the exception of members of the council of elders and the elected structure inquiring about the SRA processes, none of the 'ordinary' community members made an attempt to influence the process or the outcome of the negotiated agreement.

Author : James Mayers
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 35,93 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1844070964

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First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Anne M Larson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,26 MB
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1136543767

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Who has rights to forests and forest resources? In recent years governments in the South have transferred at least 200 million hectares of forests to communities living in and around them . This book assesses the experience of what appears to be a new international trend that has substantially increased the share of the world's forests under community administration. Based on research in over 30 communities in selected countries in Asia (India, Nepal, Philippines, Laos, Indonesia), Africa (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana) and Latin America (Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua), it examines the process and outcomes of granting new rights, assessing a variety of governance issues in implementation, access to forest products and markets and outcomes for people and forests . Forest tenure reforms have been highly varied, ranging from the titling of indigenous territories to the granting of small land areas for forest regeneration or the right to a share in timber revenues. While in many cases these rights have been significant, new statutory rights do not automatically result in rights in practice, and a variety of institutional weaknesses and policy distortions have limited the impacts of change. Through the comparison of selected cases, the chapters explore the nature of forest reform, the extent and meaning of rights transferred or recognized, and the role of authority and citizens' networks in forest governance. They also assess opportunities and obstacles associated with government regulations and markets for forest products and the effects across the cases on livelihoods, forest condition and equity. Published with CIFOR