Abstract
We reviewed the principles and key literature related to forest tenure and sustainable forest management, and then examined the status of sustainable forestry and land ownership at the aggregate national level for major forested countries. The institutional design principles suggested by Ostrom are well accepted for applications to public, communal, and private lands. The analyses of countries as a whole suggest that problems of forest land loss and sustainable forest management are related to the amount of public lands owned, as well as the difference between developed and developing countries. Developed countries have largely achieved a stable level of land use and resource extraction after centuries of exploitation of forests and natural resources. Many developed countries do have greater amounts of private forest land than developing countries, which have occurred as the countries transfer lands to private owners in the course of development. Public lands and management approaches require diligence, but can be developed to meet the design criteria suggested by tenure rights theorists. Private or communal ownership is often considered superior, but also must meet the criteria suggested above in order to foster sustainable forest management in poor countries.
Highlights
Global forestry problems such as deforestation, degradation, and biodiversity loss have persisted for decades.How to cite this paper: Siry, J
We examine the role of tenure in leading to sustainable forest management
Literature review, and the relevant data by country, we provide a synthesis of the impacts of land tenure on sustainable forest management of global forests
Summary
Global forestry problems such as deforestation, degradation, and biodiversity loss have persisted for decades. While the vast majority of the world’s forest land historically has been under public ownership, forests have been degraded and lost at alarming rates, this rate of deforestation has decelerated somewhat in the last five years (FAO, 2010) This awareness of the important link between forest tenure and forest retention, protection, and management has triggered debate and research about the efficiency, equity, and sustainability of public and private forest management. We review the literature on forest tenure and empirical studies about its impacts on management, examine selected data from the recent Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Global Forest Resource Assessment (FAO, 2010), and complement these sources with data about governance and corruption. Literature review, and the relevant data by country, we provide a synthesis of the impacts of land tenure on sustainable forest management of global forests
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