Ethics of access Sample Clauses

Ethics of access. The Paser, the focus group of this study, extract ironwood for household use, while other forest products, such as rattan, are extracted for commercial purposes, household use and consumption. Forest management by local groups for control and access over resources has long been in existence (Eghenter 2000a, Xxxxx et al. 1996, Xxxxxx 1992). Indigenous groups have long used extractive reserves to restrict access to resources for community members and outsiders who have encroached on traditional lands (Furze et al. 1996). Extractive forest reserves are areas where natural resource extraction is available to community members. There are often strict rules regarding the exploitation of resources within the reserve. Extractive reserves are often identified as a way of maintaining biodiversity, as well as of providing sustainable economic return to local people and governments (Crevello 2003). Indigenous communities often form extractive reserves in order to protect resources from outside encroachment and extraction. Unlogged forest is consistently valued much more highly by local people than logged forest. If the forests were destroyed by logging this would seem unsurprising – yet commercial logging removes only a few stems per hectare and leaves tall species-rich rain forest behind. Explanations for the decline in value are various: a combination of diminished resources, reduced physical accessibility and reduced access rights.