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Lessons from forest decentralization : money, justice and the quest for good governance in Asia-Pacific / edited by Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Ganga Ram Dahal and Doris Capistrano.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Earthscan forestry library.
- The Earthscan forestry library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forest management--Asia.
- Forest management.
- Forest management--Asia--Citizen participation.
- Forest policy--Asia.
- Forest policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The decentralization of control over the vast forests of the world is moving at a rapid pace, with both positive and negative ramifications for people and forests themselves. The fresh research from a host of Asia-Pacific countries described in this book presents rich and varied experience with decentralization and provides important lessons for other regions.Beginning with historical and geographical overview chapters, the book proceeds to more in-depth coverage of the region?s countries. Research findings stress rights, roles and responsibilities on the one hand, and organization, capacity-b
- Contents:
- Lessons from Forest Decentralization Money, Justice and the Quest for Good Governance in Asia-Pacific; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Setting the Stage: Money and Justice in Asian and Pacific Forests; 2 From Decentralization to Governance: Recurring Issues; 3 Governance, Tenure and Equity in Asia-Pacific Forests; 4 A Different Vantage Point: Decentralization, Women's Organizing and Local Forest Management; 5 Community Forestry in Nepal: Decentralized Forest Governance
- 6 Policies and Programme to Make Decentralization Effective: A Case Study from China7 Forest Fire Management and Autonomy in the Republic of Korea; 8 The Gap between Policy and Practice in Lao PDR; 9 Consultative Planning for Effective Forest Governance: Case Studies from Malaysia and Indonesia; 10 Implementing Decentralization: Lessons from Experiences in Indonesia; 11 Devolved and Decentralized Forest Management in the Philippines: Triggers and Constraints in Investments; 12 The Household Economy and Decentralization of Forest Management in Vietnam
- 13 Decentralization and Forest Governance in Asia and the Pacific: Trends, Lessons and Continuing ChallengesAfterword by Bob Fisher; Index
- Notes:
- Originally published in print: London : Earthscan, 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-56231-1
- 1-136-56232-X
- 1-281-75284-3
- 1-4356-5754-3
- 9786611752842
- 1-84977-182-0
- 600-00-0290-4
- 9781849771825
- OCLC:
- 236087574
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