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<p>Community Forestry Enterprises (CFEs) are small to medium-sized entities that seek to foster responsible resource management, local economic development, and engagement of communities through participatory decision-making. Existing research has extensively analyzed environmental and socioeconomic aspects, but participatory decision-making, a core principle of CFEs, remains understudied. This qualitative study examines six CFEs in British Columbia, Canada, investigating how they involve communities in decision-making, the challenges they encounter, and the strategies they employ to overcome these challenges. Findings reveal CFEs' innovative approaches to community engagement but also highlight implementation challenges, and an overall low participation of communities in CFEs decisions. To better understand the reasons for low participation, the article emphasizes the need for comprehensive research that analyzes community perspectives, incorporates behavioral economics, and examines the political economy of CFE governance, with the ultimate goal of developing effective, inclusive, and equitable community-centered frameworks for natural resource management.</p>

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Putting the Community in Community Forestry Enterprises: Overcoming the Challenges of Collective Decision‑Making

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年1月29日

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  • Meike Siegner,
  • Rajat Panwar,
  • Robert Kozak,
  • Cory Searcy

摘要

Community Forestry Enterprises (CFEs) are small to medium-sized entities that seek to foster responsible resource management, local economic development, and engagement of communities through participatory decision-making. Existing research has extensively analyzed environmental and socioeconomic aspects, but participatory decision-making, a core principle of CFEs, remains understudied. This qualitative study examines six CFEs in British Columbia, Canada, investigating how they involve communities in decision-making, the challenges they encounter, and the strategies they employ to overcome these challenges. Findings reveal CFEs' innovative approaches to community engagement but also highlight implementation challenges, and an overall low participation of communities in CFEs decisions. To better understand the reasons for low participation, the article emphasizes the need for comprehensive research that analyzes community perspectives, incorporates behavioral economics, and examines the political economy of CFE governance, with the ultimate goal of developing effective, inclusive, and equitable community-centered frameworks for natural resource management.