El acceso de tierra y territorio para Lomerío remite a un histórico proceso de restitución territorial bajo la forma de propiedad colectiva o Tierra Comunitaria de Origen (TCO), que combina la lucha legal por políticas del Estado con una ardua resistencia y presión política- corporal que se expresa en las largas marchas desde los territorios indígenas hasta el centro del poder político estatal.

Villa Fátima se encuentra dentro de la reserva Vida Silvestre Ríos Blanco y Negro creada en 1990. Las familias crearon se constituyeron como Asociación de Productores Agropecuarios Campesinos de Villa Fátima, lograron titular 2.250 has. Para actividades agroforestales, piscicultura, apicultura, para tener ingresos económicos y no incumplir las prohibiciones de la reserva forestal.

Indigenous authorities, representatives of the Council of older people and children are the main protagonists of the documentary “Indigenous territory of Lomerío: from shelter to indigenous autonomy”, that reflects the whole process of a successful and emblematic collective access to land by the Chiquitano people in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

This article explores the effects that gender composition of forest user groups has on property rights and forestry governance, based on data from 290 forest user groups in Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. Findings indicate gender composition of user groups is important, but not always in the expected ways. Female-dominated groups tend to have more property rights to trees and bushes, and collect more fuelwood but less timber than do male-dominated or gender-balanced groups.

This paper examines the nature of community management of woodlots and investigates the determinants of collective action and its effectiveness in managing woodlots...in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. We find that collective management of woodlots generally functions well in Tigray.... The findings suggest collective action may be more beneficial and more effective when managed at a more local level, when the role of external organizations is more demand-driven, and when promoted in intermediate population density communities more remote from markets.

This analysis assesses community based organization (CBO) performance including conflict management over three years among about 150 floodplain CBOs and reviews experience in the five forest protected areas with co-management.