Summary 65 New Community Woodland Trusts – Concept for a new funding method for the management and/or development of existing and new woodland Oldenburger, J. and P. Jansen (Probos) InnovationNetwork Report No. 11.2.278, Utrecht, The Netherlands, November 2011 This report develops and describes the “New Community Woodland Trusts” concept on the basis of the historical use and organization of community-owned woodland in the Netherlands. Community-owned woodland was created in the Netherlands in the 13th century when population growth started to exert strong pressure on the available woodland. Local communities decided to regulate the joint uses (e.g. wood cutting and grazing) of their communal woodland by uniting in community trusts. Only the members of these community trusts (trust members) were allowed to use the woodland subject to conditions. After the introduction of the Land Partition Act (‘Markewet’), these community trusts largely disappeared. Their structure and set-up make them suitable for reintroduction as a possible alternative source of funding for the management and/or development of existing and new woodland. It would also lead to the revival of a historical social system in a modern form in the Netherlands. The strength of the concept lies in the combination of the sense of ownership or actual ownership and participation that is obtained by being a trust member and the creation of a connection between personal (or beneficial) interest and the collective interest (maintenance and preservation of common woodland). Apart from a financial contribution, the trust members will probably also want to Pagina 74
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