Table 7. Summary of the application of framework to the case studies. √ indicates that the community has authority over that element, X indicates that it does not. √X indicates that the community has authority over some aspects but not others, or that they are meant to have a certain right but do not have it in reality. A bold symbol indicates that the symbol is more dominant when both symbols are present. Detailed information for each element and case study is presented in Tables 2-6 [abbreviations: comm. = commercialized; Dom. = domestic; conv. = conversion]



	ACCESS	DECISION-MAKING							BENEFIT-SHARING

	Own/ access to resource	Strategic planning	Tactical planning						Benefits reach community	Within community:

			Comm. wood products: medium-term	Comm. wood products: short-term	Dom. use wood products	Comm. NWFPs	Dom. use NWFPs	Land use conv.		Equal decision-making	Equal benefit sharing

Mazagão	√ x	√ x	√ x	√	√	√ x	√ x	√ x	√	√	√
OCT	√ x	√ x	√ x	√	√	√ x	√	√ x	√	√	√ x
Maflops	√ x	√ x	x	x	√ x	n/a	√ x	√ x	√ x	√ x	√
Caobas	√	√ x	√ x	√	√	√ x	√ x	√ x	√	√ x	√ x
Yaxcabá	√	√	√ x	√	√	√ x	√ x	√	√	√ x	√ x
Naranjal	√	√ x	√ x	√	√	√ x	√ x	√ x	√	√ x	√ x