Policy that works for forests and people : real prospects for governance and livelihoods / / James Mayers and Stephen Bass

• Autore: Mayers James.
• Pubblicazione: Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.75
• Soggetto topico: Forest policy; Forest management; Sustainable forestry
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BassStephen <1958->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [306]-318) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Policy that works for forests and people Real Prospects for Governance and Livelihoods; Copyright; Contents; List of figures, boxes and tables; Foreword; Key messages; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What this report is about; 1.2 Why focus attention on policy?; 2 Forests, people and power - the scene, the players and the drama; 2.1 Forests - why people get so fired up about them; 2.2 People - the policy players and the spectators; 2.3 Global changes and uncertainties in the forest-people relationship; 2.4 Changing the forestry plot - the SFM 'power play' ; 3 Policy That Works for Forests and People - a collaborative approach3.1 Aims and approach; 3.2 The project's perspectives on policy; 3.3 Methods; 4 Policy in the real world - themes in failure and success; 4.1 Changing power... over time; 4.2 Pushing formal policy reform approaches - a mixed blessing; 4.3 Reinventing state roles; 4.4 Linking the people who change things; 4.5 Looking beyond the forest reserves; 4.6 Improving learning about policy; 4.7 Dealing with tensions in devolution; 4.8 Building policy communities ; 5 International policy trends and initiatives - their implications for forests and people5.1 Setting the international scene; 5.2 Intergovernmental forest initiatives - global change and international games; 5.3 'Soft policy' - international civil society initiatives and the case of certification; 5.4 Multi-national private sector influences - policies for investment in SFM, or for asset-stripping?; 5.5 What future roles for international processes?; 6 Conclusions; 6.1 The significance of context; 6.2 Opportunities amongst the problems; 6.3 Policy processes that work ; 6.4 Policy instruments that work6.5 Summing up - get into policy work!; Annex 1 - Doing policy work; A1 Introduction; A2 Recognise the political game - theory, value, language and power; A3 Develop a strategy- objectives, framework, key steps; A4 Analyse policy - some methods; A5 Influencing policy - some tactics; A6 Track the impact; Annex 2 - Country team action frameworks; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; India; Ghana; Zimbabwe; Costa Rica; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Since its original publication by the International Institute for Environment and Development in 1999, Policy That Works for Forests and People has been recognised as the most authoritative study to date of policy processes that affect forests and people. Providing a thorough analysis of the issues, options and factors that determine different outcomes and bolstered by a major annex containing tools and tactics, the book offers clear and practical advice on how to formulate, manage and implement policies appropriate to different contexts. These are policies that result in real improvements in
• Titolo autorizzato: Policy that works for forests and people
• ISBN: 1-136-55952-3; 1-280-47623-0; 9786610476237; 1-84977-222-3; 600-00-0042-1; 1-4175-8326-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450411903321
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