Publication year:
1989
Examines the distinction between tree and land tenure, and the significance of this for forestry and other development projects. The use of rapid appraisals is discussed, with a range of techniques from the use of secondary documents and exisitng legal systems, to the discovery of informal rights. Discusses the sensitivity of tenure information, and importance of individual and group interviews, and sketch maps. The emphasis is on the importance of rights, particularly women's rights, to trees and tree products. Tenure rights may vary between individual holdings, the commons (where community rights and organisations are important) and Forest reserves. Predominantly RRA, even some questionaire use.
Interest groups:
As a practical example of the application of RRA methods to a specific case, this is of use to those working at community level. Of particular interest to those involved in forestry and agroforestry in the South.
Pages:
90 p.
Holdings:
IDS
Publisher reference:
Land Tenure Centre, University of Wisconsin