| Community | Ownership | Access |
| Mexico | ||
| Caobas | Communally owned land (ejido) | Forest resources communally owned by ejidatarios |
| Yaxcabá | Communally owned land (ejido) | Forest resources communally owned by ejidatarios |
| Naranjal Poniente | Communally owned land (ejido) | Forest resources communally owned by ejidatarios |
Brazil |
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| Mazagão | All várzea is public land. | Resource use permission documents are being issued to access above-ground resources; most families still waiting for this |
| OCT | Public land, set aside for community management as an extractive reserve (RESEX). | Communities in RESEX are meant to have exclusive access to resources. Managed communally |
| MAFLOPS | Dependent on settlement type (collective or inidividual lots). Currently, private titling on the way. | Access to resources on private properties. Some colonists confused about their access rights once signing contract with logging company (Some colonists’ comments: “I don’t really understand. It’s a reserved area of IBAMA [Federal Institute for Environment and Renewable Natural Resources]. We can’t touch it.” “We can’t really enter there.” |