Forêt communautaire de Mabu, au Mozambique. Pourquoi la gestion communautaire des forêts est importante

The document advocates for community forest management (CFM) as a superior alternative to industrial logging and strict protection regimes. It asserts that CFM effectively reduces deforestation, protects biodiversity, and supports climate mitigation and adaptation by empowering indigenous peoples and local communities. The text identifies key success factors such as land tenure security and warns against 'false solutions' like REDD+ and the financialization of nature, which it claims risk land grabbing and the erosion of community control.

• Community forest management (CFM) is often more effective at reducing deforestation than absolute protection regimes. A meta-analysis of 40 protected sites and 33 CFM experiences across Mexico, South America, Africa, and Asia found that CFM areas had lower and less variable annual deforestation rates.
• CFM contributes to climate change mitigation by maintaining high levels of carbon storage. Analysis of 80 forests across 10 countries in Latin America, East Africa, and South Asia associates CFM with high carbon storage, while studies in Brazil, Honduras, Niger, and Nepal show forest loss has decreased or reversed in community forests.
• CFM supports climate adaptation, particularly for coastal communities, through activities such as mangrove restoration projects that provide protection against extreme weather events.
• The success of CFM initiatives depends on several critical variables, including secure land tenure, clearly established property titles, alignment between socioeconomic and biophysical boundaries, strong local leadership, and the expectation of benefits.
• Market-based mechanisms and policies such as REDD+ and the financialization of nature are viewed as threats to CFM. These approaches may lead to land grabbing by foreign investors, force communities into risky long-term legal contracts, and fail to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• The document identifies several threats to CFM, including conflicts between customary and formal law, pressures to shift from communal to individual rights, and the erosion of traditional governance due to Western influence and urban migration.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (2015). Forêt communautaire de Mabu, au Mozambique. Pourquoi la gestion communautaire des forêts est importante. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/19-foei-CBD-briefing-FR-lr.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. Forêt communautaire de Mabu, au Mozambique. Pourquoi la gestion communautaire des forêts est importante. 2015. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/19-foei-CBD-briefing-FR-lr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternational2015fort, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{Forêt communautaire de Mabu, au Mozambique. Pourquoi la gestion communautaire des forêts est importante}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2015}, month = nov, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/19-foei-CBD-briefing-FR-lr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }