Forest Project Analysis and Management

Progress has been made when project are planned and implemented in collaboration with local communities. However, communities vary in their interest and capacity to manage their tree and forest resources. Why have some communities planted or managed their trees and forests well for generations while others have not? Why have some working management system recently broken down but others have continued? Often investigation shows that when forest management is successful there are sets of rule and expectations related to tree use and management that the community respects. Where incentives for the community to follow these rules have been weakened community efforts to improve and manage tree and forests, forestry activities must recognize and support local rules and expectations and provide incentives for local investment in tree and forest resources. There is a need to develop institutional frameworks for all those involved in order to have a better understanding of how to better support local institutions in forest management.