Thailand's Forest Regulatory Framework in Relation to the Rights and Livelihoods of Forest Dependent People

TitleThailand's Forest Regulatory Framework in Relation to the Rights and Livelihoods of Forest Dependent People
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Year of Publication2011
AuthorsFisher R
Secondary AuthorsScheyvens H
Secondary TitleCritical Review of Selected Forest-Related Regulatory Initiatives: Applying a Rights Perspective
Pagination69-81
PublisherInstitute for Global Environmental Strategies
Place PublishedKanagawa, Japan
Key themesEnvironment, Formalisation-titling, MarginalisedPeople, Policy-law
Abstract

ABSTRACTED FROM CHAPTER INTRODUCTION: This paper was originally commissioned by IGES to review the Community Forest Act, 2007 “from a rights perspective” and to assess its impacts (or at least its predicted impacts) on livelihoods. However, the task has been a moving target. While ratification was pending the focus shifted towards assessing the potential impacts of the “Act” on the assumption that it would be passed. Now, as there seems little chance that community forestry legislation will be resurrected in the foreseeable future, the focus has again shifted. In the current situation, the paper attempts to examine the exiting legislative and policy framework relevant to community forestry, forest dependent people’s rights and forest-related livelihoods, taking into account the history of the related political and policy debate.
URLhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/258283320_Institute_for_Global_Environmental_Strategies_CRITICAL_REVIEW_OF_SELECTED_FOREST-RELATED_REGULATORY_INITIATIVES
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Thailand
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