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Title: The performance of community organisers in promotion of community forestry in Leyte Province, Philippines
Author/Creator: Estoria, E | Herbohn, John L | Harrison, Steve R
Description: A study was conducted to assess the role and effectiveness of community organisers in supporting the development of people’s organisations in achieving community-based forest management objectives in Leyte Province Philippines. Community organisers were found to be effective in forming people’s organisations (POs), motivating people to participate in voluntary activities organised by POs and encouraging cohesiveness among PO members. Community organisers manage to raise the level of environmental awareness and knowledge of members of people’s organisations, develop leadership interest and skills, create various livelihood opportunities and provide direction and facilitate the establishment of large tree plantations. However, the short duration of community organisers’ contracts (typically two years) is insufficient to establish mature and cohesive POs prepared to assume management on their own, including the management of tree plantations. Further, lack of training and funding support, low wages, delayed payment of salaries and limited time to work with people’s organisations, as well as the pressure to produce tangible outputs such the establishment of large tree plantations, prevents them from placing greater emphasis on the development and empowerment of the people.
Relation: Small-Scale Forest Economics Management and Policy / Vol. 3, No. 3, pp.363-384
Relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11842-004-0026-x
Year: 2004
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Subject: FoR 0705 (Forestry Sciences) | FoR 1402 (Applied Economics) | FoR 1605 (Policy and Administration) | people’s organisation | community empowerment | community based forest management | smallholder forestry

Collection(s): Research Publications
Collection(s): Research Publications
Resource Type: Journal Article
Identifier: ISSN: 1873-7617
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