Journal
INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 209-220Publisher
COMMONWEALTH FORESTRY ASSOC
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.12.3.209
Keywords
corruption; forest services; community-based conservation; Pakistan
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- State Educational Loan Fund Norway
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Aga Khan Rural Support Programme Pakistan
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During the last two decades, considerable attention has been paid to the issue of local participation and government involvement in community-based conservation initiatives. While the main purpose to introduce such measures was to increase transparency and local decision making in resource management. forest services have been sidelined, mainly on the premise that they are too corrupt and ineffective to play a useful role in natural resource management. In this paper, we expose the limitations of conventional ideas of corruption in understanding forestry services. Corruption for personal gains is just one aspect of the issue. We analyze how forest agents. laced with severe shortages of resources. engage in what we call an 'alternative system' in order to perform official tasks. We argue that a better understanding of these issues will help to both reform and redefine the role of forest services so that they can become viable actors in community-based conservation.
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