Table of Contents 
Preface .... 
Acknowledgements.. 
Chapter One: Why Land Tenure and Tree Tenure Matter: Some 
Fuel for Thought—John W.Bruce and Louise Fortmann ... 
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Chapter Two: Tree Tenure............ wsvennen dl 
The Tree Tenure Factor in Agroforestry with Particular 
Reference to Africa—Louise Fortmann............ cvrereneens 16 
Rights in Economic Trees (Nigeria)—S.N. Chinwuba Obi............ 34 
The Law of Property Rights Regarding Miscellaneous 
Produce (Tanzania)—Hans Cory ................. cee 10 
Date-Trees in Halfa Province (Sudan)—T.A. Leach.........c.......... 3 
Religious Custom and Tree Rights (Nepal)—Lynn Bennett...........49 
A Survey of Customary Law and Control Over Trees and 
Wildlands in China—Nicholas Menzies ......ccccce. + voreereeneee.. 51 
Proprietary Rights to Fruit on Trees Growing on Residential 
Property (USA)—Homer Aschmann..... 
Chapter Three: Tree and Tenure Interactions ..... . + swe BY 
The Relationship Between Land Tenure and Agricultural 
Production in Tucurrique, Costa Rica—S. Sellers.................... 75 
The Problem of Land Ownership and Cashewnut Claims in 
Malindi Coastal Belt (Kenya)—M.M. Shambi......................80 
The Kantu' System of Land Tenure: The Evolution of Tribal 
Land Rights in Borneo (Indonesia)—Michael R. Dove............ 86 
Rural Organization in Bukoba District, Tanzania—Jorgen 
and Karen Rald............. Cereene-n. 96 
Forest, Foraging, Fences and Fuel in a Marginal Area of 
Kenya—David Brokensha and Bernard Riley.. 102 
Chapter Four: Communities and Trees... ceeenn..107 
Citv, Town, and Communal Forests (Switzerland)—Ralph S. 
Hosmer....... 117 
Land Rights in ljebu (Nigeria)— P.C. Lloyd..... ene. 124 
“Turf” and Forest Management in a Garhwal Hill Village 
(India)—Marcus Moench ........... .. reeerererreeeneenss. 127 
Stabilize Wildland Rights and Consolidate the 
Responsibility System (China)—Chen Zhimin