Sammanfattning

In attempts to foster sustainable forest management practices, participation of local communities has become widely recognized as a better alternative than the traditional protectionist approach. This paper analyzed factors influencing local people's participation in forest management program in Sissili and Ziro provinces, southern Burkina Faso based on data collected through a household survey of 165 members of forest management groups using factor analysis and multiple regression. Factor analysis resulted in a three-factor solution, which accounted for 64.82% of the total variance. Participation in decision-making, followed by participation in forest conservation and economic benefits were found to be the main factors influencing participation in the forest management program. Gender, household size, income source, land tenure status and technical assistance also appeared to influence members' participation in the program. The results indicate that participatory management program can be enhanced by changing the administrative structure of forest management groups in order to empower members in decision-making processes. In addition, increasing women's participation and more equitable benefit-sharing among user groups are essential in improving the success of the participatory forest management program. Thus, policies reforms to improve the structure of the forest management groups and to establish equitable benefit-sharing mechanisms are essential to improve the participation of local people in the forest management program and, hence, require immediate attention. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Nyckelord

Community forest management; Collective action; Participation; Forest governance

Publicerad i

Forest Policy and Economics
2011, Volym: 13, nummer: 4, sidor: 292-302
Utgivare: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

SLU författare

• Coulibaly-Lingani, Pascaline

  • Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique et technologique (CNRST)

• Savadogo, Patrice

  • Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique et technologique (CNRST)

• Tigabu, Mulualem

  • Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Oden, Per

  • Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Globala målen

SDG5 Uppnå jämställdhet och alla kvinnors och flickors egenmakt
SDG10 Minska ojämlikheten inom och mellan länder
SDG12 Säkerställa hållbara konsumtions- och produktionsmönster
SDG15 Skydda, återställa och främja ett hållbart nyttjande av landbaserade ekosystem, hållbart bruka skogar, bekämpa ökenspridning, hejda och vrida tillbaka markförstöringen samt hejda förlusten av biologisk mångfald


UKÄ forskningsämne

Skogsvetenskap


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2011.02.005

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