Bosque del Pueblo, Puerto Rico: How a fight to stop a mine ended up changing forest policy from the bottom up

Case study
, 46 pages
PDF (911.38 KB)
13503IIED.pdf
Language:
English, Español
Published: January 2006
Area(s):
Policy That Works for Forests and People
ISBN: 9781843695844
Product code:13503IIED

This study tells the story of how a small community based organisation in the mountains of Puerto Rico became a driving force for a bottom up process of policy change that has reshaped the way the country’s forest resources are perceived and managed. At the most basic level, it is a story about the creation and management of a new forest reserve in Puerto Rico, the Bosque del Pueblo, or the People’s Forest. But it is also a larger story, one of tenacity, wise choices, some mistakes and plenty of courage. It documents the results of a process of self-reflection carried out by the story’s chief protagonist, an organisation called Casa Pueblo and facilitated by the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute.

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Cite this publication

González, A., González, E., Deyá, A., Díaz, T. and Geoghegan, T. (2006). Bosque del Pueblo, Puerto Rico: How a fight to stop a mine ended up changing forest policy from the bottom up. .
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