Communal Forest Management
The Honduran Resin Tappers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4795112 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Denise L Stanley, Denise Stanley (0000-0003-1992-074X, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 757-779 |
| Publication date | 1991-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7660.1991.tb00433.x |
| OpenAlex | W2069196909 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 9 |
Natural resource tenure and economic feasibility of resource-based activities are two of the most important issues in the current debate around environmental degradation and rural poverty. While many analyses have blamed the 'tragedy of the commons' and government mismanagement for environmental destruction, this paper provides a case study of resin tapping in Honduras which formulates the hypotheses that common property regimes can be successful and that economic liberalization policies may be detrimental to community-level resource schemes. Over half of the 6000 farmer-resin tappers in Honduras are organized into forty-six co-operatives that market the tree sap, wood and other forest products. These activities combine the twin goals of community-based forest preservation and income generation. Established legally in 1974, the tapping groups have expanded to include a variety of organizational and technical arrangements. The two co-operatives of Villa Santa and San Juan de Ojojona demonstrate contrasting histories, ecological endowments and economic outcomes. Currently the Honduran resin tappers are facing problems over their access to forest resources, the fluctuating profitability of extractive activities and the stability of the co-operative organization. These three issues are relevant to a variety of community-based environmental activities, and the lessons of the Honduran experience can be applied to analyse the processes of environmental degradation and community response elsewhere in the Third World
Business · Community forestry · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental degradation · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Forest management · Forest product · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Natural resource · Natural resource economics · Political science · Poverty · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Forestry · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
Campesinos and Mexican Forest Policy During the Twentieth Century
Forests, Governance, and Sustainability
Some Concluding Reflections on the Privatization of Common Property Resources
The Property Rights School Solution
The Unregulated Common Property
Conditions for Successful Collective Action
Natural Resources and Economic Growth
Recent Changes Affecting Collective Action at Village Level
The Possibility of Co‐Operation
The Regulated Common Property
Co‐Ordination and Leadership in the Unregulated Common Property
The Tragedy of the Commons
Were People Traditionally Conservationists?
Moral Norms and Co‐Operation
General Conclusion
Co‐Management as a New Approach to Regulation of Common Property Resources
Halting Degradation of Natural Resources
Forests, Governance, and Sustainability
The Confrontation of Modern and Traditional Knowledge Systems in Development
Community-based forest management within the context of institutional decentralization in Honduras
Common pool resources and contextual factors
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,66 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2007 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |