The Fall 2011, Society, Economy, and Nature: Global Perspectives on Sustainable Development course analyzed the Peruvian forestry system. The class used a political ecology framework and wrote papers analyzing the system after dividing into five groups: Structure, Governance, Norms, Ecology/Management, and Local Livelihoods. Final presentations took place in front of Chris Fagan, Executive Director of The Upper Amazon Conservancy, and Scott Wallace, Author of The Unconquered and two cover stories for National Geographic. Final papers and reference list below.
Structure
USAID and Forest Policy in Peru: Applying Global Standards to Complex Amazonian Reality
The Effects of Resource Liberalization: The Case of the Peruvian Timber Sector
Constructing Development Politics in Peru
Governance
The Importance of a Formal Property System in Peru
Streamlining and Improving Enforcement of Forestry Law in the Peruvian Amazon
Analyzing Governance in the Peruvian Amazon through a Comparison of Law Nº 27308 and Law Nº 29763
Norms
Using Habilitación-Enganche to Reform the Law: An Unorthodox Approach to a Complex Problem
Habilitacion Enganche: Colonial Practices in the 21st Century
Habilitación-Enganche: The Relationship of the Patrón and Labor within Modern Peruvian Forestry
Ecology/Management
Sustainably Selective? Understanding and Improving Selective Logging in the Peruvian Amazon
Local Livelihoods
Genocide in Peru: The impacts of illegal logging on the uncontacted peoples in the Amazon
Indigenous Agency in the Peruvian Amazon
