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Challenges to smallholder forestry policy reform on a postindustrial logging frontier: lessons from the Amazon estuary

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Title Challenges to smallholder forestry policy reform on a postindustrial logging frontier: lessons from the Amazon estuary
 
Creator Cromberg, M.
Cronkleton, P.
Menton, M.
Sears, R.R.
 
Subject forest policy
forest management
small scale farming
 
Description In 2013, policy makers from the Brazilian state of Amapá launched regulatory reforms intended to streamline options to formalize smallholder forest management. This paper reviews that policy reform process and analyses observations from local stakeholders to identify lessons for the promotion of smallholder forestry. In 2014, 2017 and 2021, interviews were conducted with family timber producers and sawmill operators in floodplain communities and regional timber buyers to evaluate the impact of the policy reform on their operations. Interviews with policy makers sought to understand the rationale behind the reform and how the process played out. Although the reform efforts were well intentioned, results illustrate how bureaucratic inertia and complexity obstructed efforts to simplify policy and how policy did not address smallholder needs. While the reforms did not have the intended effect, the case offers lessons for future policy reform efforts.
 
Date 2022-03-14
2022-07-25T05:36:40Z
2022-07-25T05:36:40Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Cromberg, M., Cronkleton, P., Menton, M., Sears, R.R., 2022. Challenges to smallholder forestry policy reform on a postindustrial logging frontier: lessons from the Amazon estuary. International Forestry Review, 24(1): 1-16.
1465-5489
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120259
https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cfa/ifr/pre-prints/content-ifr22a
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Source International Forestry Review