Municipal forest management in Latin America [electronic resource] / edited by Lyès Ferroukhi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ferroukhi, Lyès.

International Development Research Centre (Canada)

Center for International Forestry Research.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community forests--Latin America--Management.

Community forests.

Forest management--Latin America.

Forest management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bogor Barat, Indonesia : Center for International Forestry Research ; Ottawa, Ont. : International Development Research Centre, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book was written for three different purposes: (i) better understand the types of powers assigned to municipalities to this day, (ii) better understand the increasingly important role played by municipalities in forest management, (iii) analyze the opportunities that were created and the challenges faced by the decentralization processes in the region. The book compiles findings from in-depth studies conducted in 6 countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala. It uncovers some significant forest management schemes initiated by municipalities on the regional, na

Contents:

Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia; Municipal forest management: A new alternative for Honduras; Decentralized forest management policies in Guatemala; Municipal forest management in Nicaragua: Decentralized burdens, centralized benefits?; Forest management in Brazil's Amazonian municipalities; Progress and challenges of municipal forest management in Costa Rica; Conclusions; About the authors;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-71766-1

9786610717668

1-55250-131-0

OCLC:

415984130