Potential of institutional arrangements for sustainable management of forests under co-management with local forest organisations in Mua-Livulezi Forest Reserve, Mtakataka, Malawi

dc.contributor.authorSenganimalunje, T.C.
dc.contributor.authorChirwa, Paxie W.
dc.contributor.authorBabalola, Folaranmi Dapo
dc.contributor.emailpaxie.chirwa@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-04T05:29:16Z
dc.date.available2015-11-04T05:29:16Z
dc.date.issued2015-09
dc.description.abstractAdoption of participatory forest management has initiated the trend of transfer of access, management and control of forest resources from government to committee based institutions. Hence, understanding the institutional arrangements that support implementation of comanagement with Local Forest Organisations is crucial for sustainable forest management. This study therefore examined the potential and contribution of institutional arrangements to sustainable forest management under co-management arrangement in Mtakataka, Malawi. Our results show that while co-management has created new multi-level local forest organizations in the communities, the potential of the organizations to contribute to sustainable forest management has been negatively affected by lack of appropriate power and legitimacy. There are clear and well defined boundaries for the forest resources and communities involved in comanagement of the forest reserve. However, co-management is faced with issues such as low participation of community members, ineffective rule enforcement, inadequate human and financial resources, and conflict of forest use. Despite these issues, it is concluded that with improvement in the co-management program, the local forest organisations have potential to achieve sustainable management of forest resources. It is thus recommended that the LFOs should be encouraged to follow what was jointly agreed upon and documented in the management plans. The management plans should also be regularly evaluated and effectively monitored for sustainable management and use of the forest products.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2015en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.cfa-international.org/international_forestry_review.phpen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSenganimalunje, TC, Chirwa, PW & Babalola, FD 2015, 'Potential of institutional arrangements for sustainable management of forests under co-management with local forest organisations in Mua-Livulezi Forest Reserve, Mtakataka, Malawi', International Forestry Review, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 340-354.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1465-5489
dc.identifier.other10.1505/146554815815982602
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/50315
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherCommonwealth Forestry Associationen_ZA
dc.rightsCommonwealth Forestry Associationen_ZA
dc.subjectInstitutional arrangementsen_ZA
dc.subjectCo-managementen_ZA
dc.subjectLocal forest organizationsen_ZA
dc.subjectSustainable forest managementen_ZA
dc.subjectMalawien_ZA
dc.titlePotential of institutional arrangements for sustainable management of forests under co-management with local forest organisations in Mua-Livulezi Forest Reserve, Mtakataka, Malawien_ZA
dc.typePreprint Articleen_ZA

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