POURQUOI LA GESTION COMMUNAUTAIRE DES FORÊTS EST IMPORTANTE

The document presents community forest management (CFM) as a superior alternative to industrial logging and strict protected areas for preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change. It highlights that CFM can be more effective at reducing deforestation, as evidenced by data from Brazil and Costa Rica, and provides critical livelihood support to approximately 1.6 billion people. The text identifies key success factors for CFM, including secure land tenure, local decision-making autonomy, and strong social capital. Conversely, it warns against 'false solutions' such as REDD+ and the financialization of nature, which it claims risk land grabbing and the erosion of traditional governance. The document concludes by recommending the prioritization of decentralized, authentic CFM and the legal protection of indigenous and local community rights to ensure ecological and social justice.

• Community forest management (CFM) is often more effective at reducing annual deforestation rates than regimes of absolute protection. A meta-analysis of 40 protected sites and 33 CFM experiences across Mexico, South America, Africa, and Asia showed that CFM areas had lower and less variable annual deforestation rates.
• In Brazil, the recognition of indigenous and community land rights was a primary driver in reducing deforestation, with rates in indigenous forests being less than 1% between 2000 and 2012, compared to 7% outside these frameworks. It is estimated that deforestation in these areas would have been 22 times higher without legal recognition.
• CFM contributes significantly to carbon sequestration and climate mitigation. For example, indigenous forests in the Brazilian Amazon contain 36% more carbon per hectare than other areas, and in Nepal, community forestry generated a carbon stock exceeding 180 million tonnes across 1.6 million hectares.
• CFM enhances climate adaptation and resilience against extreme weather. Examples include the role of mangrove forests in Ranong, Thailand, in mitigating the 2004 tsunami, and the use of agroecology and forest cover in Nicaragua to reduce soil erosion and economic losses following Hurricane Mitch in 1999.
• The success of CFM depends on several critical variables: secure land tenure and clear property titles, local autonomy in decision-making, effective rule enforcement, and strong local leadership and social capital.
• Market-based mechanisms and 'false solutions' such as REDD+, carbon markets, and the financialization of nature are viewed as threats to CFM. These processes are argued to facilitate land grabbing by foreign investors and transfer control of nature from communities to corporations.
• CFM provides essential economic and social justice by decentralizing power and supporting the livelihoods of approximately 1.6 billion people who depend on forest resources.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (2015). POURQUOI LA GESTION COMMUNAUTAIRE DES FORÊTS EST IMPORTANTE. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Community-Forest-Management-FR1.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. POURQUOI LA GESTION COMMUNAUTAIRE DES FORÊTS EST IMPORTANTE. 2015. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Community-Forest-Management-FR1.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternational2015pourquoi, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{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/Community-Forest-Management-FR1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }