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Local forest management : the impacts of devolution policies / / editors, David Edmunds, Eva Wollenberg



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Titolo: Local forest management : the impacts of devolution policies / / editors, David Edmunds, Eva Wollenberg Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan Publications Ltd., , 2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 208 pages)
Disciplina: 333.75/095
Soggetto topico: Forest policy - China
Forest policy - India
Forest policy - Philippines
Altri autori: EdmundsDavid  
WollenbergEva  
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 States; 6 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
Titolo autorizzato: Local forest management  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-56210-9
1-4175-2221-6
9786610476077
600-00-0014-6
1-136-56211-7
1-280-47607-9
1-84977-185-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778483503321
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