Chapter 1: Community Managed in the Strong Sense of the Phrase: The Community Forest Enterprises of Mexico

2005 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
David Barton Bray ◽  
Leticia Merino-Pérez ◽  
Deborah Barry
Keyword(s):  
Strong Sense ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Forest Enterprises

scholarly journals Community forest enterprises (CFEs) as Social Enterprises: Empirical evidence from Cameroon

2022 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 102664
Author(s):  
Serge Mandiefe Piabuo ◽  
Marjanke Hoogstra-Klein ◽  
Verina Ingram ◽  
Divine Foundjem-Tita
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Forest Enterprises

scholarly journals How Does Strategic Choice affect the Performance of Community Forest Enterprises? A Study in the Cascadia Region

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meike Siegner ◽  
Robert Kozak ◽  
Rajat Panwar ◽  
Harry W Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Hybrid Strategy ◽  
Differentiation Strategy ◽  
Leadership Strategy ◽  
Forest Enterprises ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Equitable Utilization

Proponents of decentralized forest governance make a compelling case that community forest enterprises (CFEs) can aid in sustainable and equitable utilization of forest resources. The effectiveness of CFEs is thus dependent on their ability to balance social, environmental, and financial performance. In this paper, we examine the relationship between a commonly recommended differentiation strategy and CFE effectiveness. Using data obtained through a survey administered on 51 CFEs located in the Cascadia region (British Columbia province of Canada; and Oregon and Washington states of the United States), we find that CFEs pursuing a differentiation strategy are able to balance social, environmental, and financial objectives. Further, recognizing that all CFEs cannot pursue a differentiation strategy, and some may not even have a defined strategic orientation, the paper compares social, environmental, and financial performance of CFEs pursuing a differentiation strategy, a hybrid strategy (a combination of differentiation and cost leadership strategy), and no defined strategy. This analysis reveals that CFEs pursuing a hybrid strategy deliver better financial performance than those with no defined strategy, but are similar to those pursuing a differentiation strategy.

scholarly journals Operationalizing a Framework for Assessing the Enabling Environment for Community Forest Enterprises: A Case Study from Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bishnu Prasad Sharma ◽  
Steven Lawry ◽  
Naya Sharma Paudel ◽  
Rebecca McLain ◽  
Anukram Adhikary ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Forest ◽  
Enabling Environment ◽  
Forest Enterprises

Community forest enterprises and social enterprises: the confluence of two streams of literatures for sustainable natural resource management

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meike Siegner ◽  
Rajat Panwar ◽  
Robert Kozak
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Decentralized Decision Making ◽  
The Social ◽  
Forest Enterprises

Purpose Community forest enterprises (CFEs) represent a unique business model in the forest sector which has significant potential to foster community development through sustainable utilization of forest resources. However, CFEs are mired in numerous management challenges which restrict their ability to harness this potential. This paper identifies those challenges and, by drawing on the field of social enterprises, offers specific solutions to address them. The paper also enriches the social enterprise literature by highlighting the role of decentralized decision-making and community empowerment in achieving sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach Using qualitative meta-synthesis, the paper first identifies key challenges from the CFE literature. It then draws on the social enterprise literature to distill actionable insights for overcoming those challenges. Findings The study reveals how the social enterprise literature can guide CFEs managers in making decisions related to human resource management, marketing, fundraising, developing conducive organizational cultures and deploying performance measures. Originality/value The paper provides novel and actionable insights into managing and scaling CFEs. It also identifies opportunities for future inter-disciplinary research at the intersection of decentralized management of natural resources and social enterprises that could facilitate progress toward achieving sustainable development.

England Speaks

Englishness ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 8-34
Author(s):  
Ailsa Henderson
Keyword(s):  
General Election ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Labour Government ◽  
Privileged Position ◽  
Eu Referendum ◽  
English Identity ◽  
English Nationalism ◽  
Deep Sense ◽  
The Way

Chapter 1 focuses on the campaigns that preceded the 2015 UK general election and the 2016 EU referendum. In part this is because these two electoral events were clearly linked: it was the Conservatives’ unexpected victory in the former that paved the way for the latter. But both campaigns also highlight different aspects of the English nationalism that is discussed in the remainder of the book. In 2015, the Conservative campaign successfully mobilized English suspicion at the prospect of SNP influence over a minority Labour government—a suspicion rooted in a deep sense of English grievance about Scotland’s alleged unfairly privileged position within the union. Only a year later, England was hardly mentioned by the Leave campaign. Yet, as we shall see, in England, its vision of and for Britain appealed overwhelmingly to those with a strong sense of English identity but not, perhaps ironically, to those who feel exclusively or predominantly British.

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