ABSTRACT
This chapter on Uganda examines a formal governmental attempt, sharing features with Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM), to link communities and the government in forest management. The Collaborative Forest Management (CFM) legislation specifies that Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are the prime supporters of the program, helping communities to develop the requisite formal agreements and strengthen community management capabilities. CFM legislation pre-dates the development of CIFOR’s version of ACM but shares some features with it. The frequency with which NGOs’ assistance is required in developing countries makes an examination of their performance of wider interest. Egunyu begins with an introduction to CFM and a comparison of the similarities and differences between idealized CFM and ACM.
