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Against the Odds: Community forestry in the San Lucas Mountains, Colombia

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dc.citation.journalTitleWorld Development
dc.citation.volume198
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversidad EAFIT, Colombia
dc.contributor.affiliationKedge Business School, France
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversidad de los Andes, Colombia
dc.contributor.affiliationCorporación Grupo Trópico Diverso, Colombia
dc.contributor.affiliationColectivo Gente y Bosques, El Bagre, Colombia
dc.contributor.authorVélez Zapata, Sara
dc.contributor.authorVargas, Gonzalo A.
dc.contributor.authorCastaño, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz, Carolina
dc.contributor.authorLondoño, Yeison
dc.contributor.authorZamudio-Mir, María Camila
dc.contributor.authorRíos, Mariela
dc.contributor.authorPalau, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorValencia, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorTovar, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorTobón, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorUribe, Mauricio
dc.contributor.authorEslava, Adolfo
dc.creator.emailjapalauv@eafit.edu.co
dc.creator.emailsvelezz@eafit.edu.co
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-13T19:50:53Z
dc.date.available2025-11-13T19:50:53Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractCommunity forestry can reduce deforestation, protect tropical biodiverse hotspots, and support the livelihoods of rural inhabitants, but only under the right conditions, e.g., well-defined property rights, enabling regulation, supportive bureaucracies, robust community institutions, and a peaceful environment in which collective action is possible. Since forest-rich regions often lack such auspicious circumstances, in this article, we ask whether community forestry may still be effective when they are missing and, if so, under what conditions. Using fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, we analysed the practices and organisational arrangements of eleven communes (veredas) on the western slopes of the San Lucas Mountains, in northern Colombia, characterised by a weak state presence and the chronic influence of non-state armed groups. Our findings suggest that communities can achieve low deforestation rates and promote forest regeneration when they meet three conditions: legitimate environmental leadership, support from external partners, and sustainable values and practices in relation to the natural environment. This article expands our knowledge of the conditions that make community forestry more effective in curbing deforestation and forest degradation. It provides actionable advice for civil society and local organisations that want to reduce deforestation and support vulnerable rural communities even when the ‘right’ policies and institutions are absent.
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107231
dc.identifier.issn1873-5991
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10784/37202
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevierspa
dc.publisher.facultyEscuela de Finanzas, Economía y Gobiernospa
dc.publisher.groupGrupo de Investigación Políticas y Desarrollospa
dc.relation.ispartofWorld Development, Volume 198, 2026
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X25003171
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X25003171
dc.rightsCopyright © 2026 Elsevier. All rights reserved.
dc.rights.accessrightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.rights.localAcceso abierto
dc.subjectCommunity forestry
dc.subjectCommon-pool resources
dc.subjectArmed conflict
dc.subjectDeforestation
dc.subjectColombia
dc.titleAgainst the Odds: Community forestry in the San Lucas Mountains, Colombia
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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dc.type.coarversionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
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