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Toward "Concessions 2.0": Articulating inclusive and exclusive management in production forests in Central Africa

Karsenty A., Vermeulen C.. 2017. International Forestry Review, 19 (S2) : p. 101-113.

DOI: 10.1505/146554817822295939

Industrial forest concessions cover about 45 million hectares in Central Africa. This paper discusses the weaknesses of the current concession model and initiatives for helping it evolve; it then proposes a new type of concession, entitled 'Concessions 2.0', adapted to the future challenges presented by the overlapping among the rights and modes of the harvesting of multiple resources. This proposed model is based on four features: (i) mapping and recognition of the customary territories within and around the industrial concession, (ii) timber revenue sharing indexed on the extension of the customary territories and contractual management agreements within the communities, (iii) allowance of commercial exploitation of non-timber resources by entitled claimers under the supervision and/or in association with the concessionaire, and (iv) inclusive governance for the management of overlapping rights over the concession area.

Mots-clés : forêt; forêt tropicale; aménagement forestier; production forestière; réglementation forestière; droit d'accès; communauté rurale; gestion des ressources naturelles; moyens d'existence durables; forêt collective; afrique centrale; cameroun; république démocratique du congo; gabon; concession

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