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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Sterling, VA, : Earthscan Publications Ltd., 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• 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
• 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.: 9910826199503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II