de la résistance aux propositions d’utilisation durable la gestion communautaire de la forêt

The report argues that community forest management, based on traditional knowledge and collective rights, is essential for biodiversity conservation and social justice. It contrasts this with industrial logging and monoculture plantations, which it links to neoliberal globalization, international financial institution funding, and the marginalization of indigenous peoples. Through case studies from Asia, Africa, and the Americas, it demonstrates how local control of resources can ensure food sovereignty, climate resilience, and poverty alleviation.

• Community forest management (GCF) is defined as the application of collective norms and traditional knowledge for the sustainable use and conservation of forests, often opposing industrial and mercantile use.
• Successful community forest management typically requires clearly defined boundaries, precise knowledge of forest characteristics, a long-term vision for the future, and participatory regulation.
• Industrial logging, including 'selective logging' and 'sustainable forest management' plans, often causes severe damage, such as soil compaction and increased fire risk, and can destroy up to 29% of forest cover in some areas.
• International Financial Institutions (IFIs), specifically the World Bank and IMF, are accused of financing forest destruction through structural adjustment programs and loans to industrial monoculture and mining projects.
• The commodification of 'environmental services' (such as carbon credits) is criticized for being incompatible with indigenous belief systems and for potentially forcing communities to pay for resources they have historically conserved.
• Forests play a critical role in climate change mitigation by acting as carbon sinks and in adaptation by regulating the hydrological cycle and protecting against natural disasters like tsunamis and hurricanes.
• Gender inequality often persists in forest management, where women's specific knowledge of non-timber products and their role in social reproduction are ignored in favor of male-dominated timber extraction.
• In India, the 2006 Forest Rights Act is highlighted as a victory for Adivasi communities, recognizing their right to live in and manage their ancestral forests.
• In Cameroon, the forest code is poorly applied, leading to widespread illegal logging and the diversion of forest taxes away from local communities toward a new forestry elite.
• In Colombia, recent forest laws are criticized for prioritizing market interests and industrial plantations over community rights and prior consultation.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (n.d.). de la résistance aux propositions d’utilisation durable la gestion communautaire de la forêt. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/La-gestion-communautaire-de-la-foret.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. de la résistance aux propositions d’utilisation durable la gestion communautaire de la forêt. n.d. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/La-gestion-communautaire-de-la-foret.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternationalndrsistance, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{de la résistance aux propositions d’utilisation durable la gestion communautaire de la forêt}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/La-gestion-communautaire-de-la-foret.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }