As forest tenure reform is mainstreamed around the world, outcomes are increasingly determined by the institutions that are responsible for administering its operationalisation and translating policy into implementation. This global study examines state institutional contexts of tenure reform in Kenya, Uganda, Nepal, Indonesia, and Peru. Interviews were administered in 2016–2017 using a fixed questionnaire applied across all countries involving 26–32 respondents from state implementers of forest tenure reform in each country for a total of 145 respondents. Although our study engagement was tailored for specific country contexts, we identified generalisable forest tenure reform trends through comparative analysis. Findings situate the overall bridging role that state institutions play in forest tenure reform, which we describe as falling under three key overarching coordination functions, namely: coordination among implementers, coordination of objectives, and coordination of resources. These three categories provide insights not only for gauging the progress of a country's forest tenure reform, but also for evaluating how robust reforms have been, and where forest tenure reforms are headed in the future.

随着森林权属改革在世界范围内成为主流，结果越来越多地由负责管理其实施和将政策转化为实施的机构来决定。这项全球研究考察了肯尼亚、乌干达、尼泊尔、印度尼西亚和秘鲁的权属改革国家制度背景。访谈在 2016-2017 年进行，使用在所有国家应用的固定问卷进行，涉及来自每个国家森林权属改革国家实施者的 26-32 名受访者，共计 145 名受访者。虽然我们的研究参与是针对特定国家背景量身定制的，但我们通过比较分析确定了普遍的林权改革趋势。调查结果表明国家机构在林权改革中发挥的整体桥梁作用，我们将其描述为三个关键的总体协调功能，即：实施者之间的协调、目标的协调和资源的协调。这三个类别不仅为衡量一个国家的林权改革进展提供了见解，而且也为评估改革的力度以及未来林权改革的方向提供了见解。