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Multi-level forest governance in Asia : concepts, challenges, and the way forward / edited by Makoto Inoue and Ganesh P. Shivakoti.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forest policy--Asia.
- Forest policy.
- Forest management--Asia.
- Forest management.
- Decentralization in management--Asia.
- Decentralization in management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (482 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi, India : SAGE, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A fresh look and comparative perspectives from various Asian countries on multi-level forest governance This book presents the remarkable diversity of policy implementation in forest resource management in 14 Asian countries: five in South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan), six in South-east Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos) and three in East Asia (China, Korea and Japan). It explores how effective forest governance can be achieved by bridging multi-level outcomes. Further, this volume highlights the importance of context in defining f
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""SECTION I: Introduction""; ""1 - Multi-level Forest Governance in Asia: An Introduction""; ""SECTION II: South Asia""; ""2 - Bangladesh: Do Changes in Policy Ensure Good Forest Governance?""; ""3 - India: Determinants and Challenges of Sustainable Forest Governance""; ""4 - Nepal: Evaluating Different Forest Management Regimes""; ""5 - Sri Lanka: Forest Governance of Community-based Forest Management""; ""6 - Bhutan: Forest Resources Management and Conservation in and outside Protected Areas""; ""SECTION III: Southeast Asia""
- ""7 - Indonesia I: Review of Local Community Dimensions of Forest Policies""""8 - Indonesia II: Customary Land Tenure in East Kalimantan""; ""9 - Indonesia III: Characteristics of Forest Management Policy in West Sumatra""; ""10 - Malaysia: Governance and Community Participation in Forestry""; ""11 - Philippines: Multi-tiered Forest Governance System on Uneven Playing Field""; ""12 - Thailand: Context and Outcomes of Community Forestry in Two Western Provinces""; ""13 - Vietnam: Implications of Community based Forest Management for Sustainable Forest Governance""
- ""14 - Laos: Local Communities and Involvement of External Stakeholders""""SECTION IV: East Asia""; ""15 - China: Mechanism Design of Community Co-management in Forest Governance""; ""16 - Korea: Conditions for Sustainability of Traditional Village Woods Maeulsoop""; ""17 - Japan I: Histories of �Property Wards(Zaisanku)� and �School Forests(Gakkou-rin)�""; ""18 - Japan II: Implications of the Commonsfor Endogenous Development of aMountain Village""; ""SECTION V: Synthesis and the Way Forward""; ""19 - Towards an Effective Policy for Forest Management in Asia""
- ""About the Editors and Contributors""""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 93-5150-260-0
- OCLC:
- 916951496
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