The IFRI approach to studying tenure
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Exploring how people shape the world’s forests… The IFRI Approach to Studying Tenure Krister Andersson University of Colorado at Boulder, USA International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) Research Network 2012 CIFOR Annual Meeting
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The International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) Research Network is a cooperative of research centres and researchers focused on exploring how people shape the world’s forests. The network is collaborating to collect core data across many countries, and this presentation outlines the approach to collecting this data and gives some examples of questions posed to communities about tenure. This presentation was given during CIFOR’s Annual Meeting 2012, which was held on 1–5 October at the headquarters in Bogor, Indonesia.
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The IFRI Approach to StudyingTenure
KristerAndersson
UniversityofColoradoatBoulder,USA
InternationalForestryResourcesandInstitutions(IFRI)ResearchNetwork
2012CIFORAnnualMeeting
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Take‐homemessage
• IFRIapproachisusefulbecause– Collectscomparabledatafrommultiplecontexts
– Reliesonovertimeobservations
– Hasanesteddatastructure
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What is IFRI?• InternationalForestryResourcesandInstitutions(IFRI)ResearchNetwork• Anetworkfocusedonlocalforestgovernanceandoutcomes• Est.1992byElinorOstromatIndianaU.withsupportfromFAO• NowcoordinatedbyArunAgrawalatUofMichigan• 12CollaboratingResearchCenters(approximately40researchers)• 330researcherstrained(from38countries)• 225peer‐reviewedpublications(30KcitationsonGooglescholar)
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IFRISharedDatabase–June’12
VisitsperSite Total1Visit 1502Visits 1083Visits 694Visits 4
TotalSites 331
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IFRIDataStructure
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FieldResearchApproach• In‐depthqualitativecase
studies,2‐4weeks/site• CRCscollectandcode
comparablefielddata• Ecological,socioeconomic,
institutionalvariables• Sourcesofdata:direct
measurements,participantobservation,keyinformants,focusgroups,census,cadaster—notsurveysalone!
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Nestedunitsofanalysis
• Enablesmultilevelanalysis
• Exploitsthreetypesofvariation:– Temporal
– Spatial– Inter‐level
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Approachforstudyingtenure• Propertyrights:“rulesaffectingtheflowanddistributionofbenefitsfromresourcestousers”
• Codesabout50variablesrelatedtopropertyrights
• Teamleaderchoosesappropriatefieldmethods
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Sample variables about tenure
Atproductlevel:B1.Whatisthenatureofthegroup'scurrentlegalclaimtotheharvestoruseofthisforestproduct?<RLEGCLAIM>
(1)Dejure(byright,asestablishedbylaw)(2)Defacto(asexists,notnecessarilybylegalestablishment)
(3)Dejureanddefacto(theyhaveaformalrightandexercisingit)
(4)Contrarytoformallaw
D1.Doaccessing,harvesting,processing,orsellingrulesexistthataffecttheharvestingleveloruseofthisproduct?<RRULEEXIST>
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TenurevariablesatForestlevel
• F1.Doesthisusergroupincludetheowner(s)oftheforest?<GOWNFOREST>
• D2.Ifmorethanonegroupusesthisforest,arerulesforusingthisforestwelldefinedbetweendifferentgroups?Thatis,arethererulesthatspecifytheactionsthatdifferentgroupsfollow?<FRULEDEFIN>
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Conclusions
• Strengths– Comparablecoredataacrossmanysites
– Longitudindal
– Nestedunitsofanalysis
• Weaknesses– Samplingstrategy
– Coredataonly—insufficientinmanycontexts
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Further Information about IFRI
IFRI website at http://www.umich.edu/~ifri
