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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454930103321

Titolo

Local forest management : the impacts of devolution policies / / edited by David Edmunds and Eva Wollenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan Publications Ltd., , 2003

ISBN

1-4175-2221-6

9786610476077

600-00-0014-6

1-136-56211-7

1-280-47607-9

1-84977-185-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EdmundsDavid

WollenbergEva

Disciplina

333.75/095

Soggetti

Forest policy - China

Forest policy - India

Forest policy - Philippines

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprinted 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.[189]-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Local Forest Management The Impacts of Devolution Policies; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Boxes; Foreword by M S Swaminathan; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Glossary of Local Terms; 1 Introduction; 2 The Promises and Limitations of Devolution and Local Forest Management in China; 3 Devolution as a Threat to Democratic Decision-making in Forestry? Findings from Three States in India; 4 Creating Space for Local Forest Management: The Case of the Philippines

5 Whose Devolution is it Anyway? Divergent Constructs, Interests and Capacities between the Poorest  Forest Users and States6 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'A well written book, astutely organized.'Development and ChangeLocal Forest Management is built around careful and illuminating case



studies of the effects of devolution policies on the management of forests in several Asian countries. The studies demonstrate that devolution policies - contrary to the claims of governments - actually increased governmental control over the management of local resources and did so at lower cost. The controversial findings show that if local forest users are to exercise genuine control over forest management, they must be better represented in the processes of