Collaborative governance of tropical landscapes / / edited by Carol J. Pierce Colfer and Jean-Laurent Pfund

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.70913
• Soggetto topico: Forest management - Tropics; Landscape protection - Tropics; Sustainable forestry - Tropics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ColferCarol J. Pierce PfundJean-Laurent
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Collaborative Governance of Tropical Landscapes; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1An Introduction to Five TropicalLandscapes, their People andtheir Governance; 2The Governance of TropicalForested Landscapes; 3Role of the District Government inDirecting Landscape Dynamicsand People's Futures:Lessons Learnt from BungoDistrict, in Jambi Province; 4Information Flows, Decisionmakingand Social Acceptability inDisplacement Processes ; 5Changing Landscapes,Transforming Institutions:Local Management of NaturalResources in the East UsambaraMountains, Tanzania6Traditional Use of ForestFragments in Manompana,Madagascar; 7The Role of Wild Speciesin the Governance of TropicalForested Landscapes; 8Governance and NTFP Chains inthe Takamanda-Mone Landscape,Cameroon; 9A Dozen Indicatorsfor Assessing Governancein Forested Landscapes; 10Minefields in CollaborativeGovernance; 11The Essential Taskof 'Muddling Through' toBetter Landscape Governance; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a novel approach to governance relating to biodiversity and human well-being in complex tropical landscapes, including forests and protected areas. It focuses attention at the interface between communities and the landscape level, building on interdisciplinary research conducted in five countries (Cameroon, Indonesia, Laos, Madagascar and Tanzania). In each country, the research was set within the framework of a major national policy thrust. The book improves our understanding of and ability to manage complex landscapes---mosaics of differing land uses---in a more adaptiv
• Titolo autorizzato: Collaborative governance of tropical landscapes
• ISBN: 1-283-52087-7; 9786613833327; 1-84977-560-5; 1-136-53796-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461802603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Earthscan Forest Library