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POLICY SCIENCES
卷 43, 期 1, 页码 27-48出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-009-9083-5
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Agricultural expansion; Adaptation; Latin America; Frontier forest; Indigenous management; Forest policy
This article examines how the Miskito peoples of Rio Platano, Honduras have responded to agricultural expansion by migrant farmers and ranchers onto their ancestral forest lands, and considers the policy options for supporting the common-property system of the Miskito and the forests they have historically conserved. The analysis compares institutional changes in the common-property systems of three Miskito communities, each with a different history of colonization. The findings illustrate that the Miskito response to the colonists has been multifaceted, and that while the Miskito leaders have made institutional changes to strengthen their common-property system, these changes are not necessarily reflected in the daily decisions of the Miskito people. The findings suggest that policies that support indigenous rulemaking abilities, specifically policies that legitimize indigenous rights to their lands and provide the resources to apply those rights, may be vital to maintain robust common-property systems and the frontier forests in the region.
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