| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Series |
Politics, science, and the environment
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Politics, science, and the environment.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Explaining deforestation : the role of local institutions / Clark C. Gibson, Margaret A. McKean, and Elinor Ostrom -- Common property : what is it, what is it good for, and what makes it work? / Margaret A. McKean -- Small is beautiful, but is larger better? Forest-management institutions in the Kumaon Himalaya, India / Arun Agrawal -- Successful forest management : the importance of security of tenure and rule enforcement in Ugandan forests / Abwoli Y. Banana and William Gombya-Ssembajjwe -- Optimal foraging, institutions, and forest change : a case from Nepal / Charles M. Schweik -- A lack of institutional demand : why a strong local community in Western Ecuador fails to protect its forest / Clark C. Gibson and C. Dustin Becker -- Indigenous forest management in the Bolivian Amazon : lessons from the Yuracaré people / C. Dustin Becker and Rosario León -- Population and forest dynamics in the hills of Nepal : institutional remedies by rural communities / George Varughese -- Forests, people, and governance : some initial theoretical lessons / Clark C. Gibson, Elinor Ostrom, and Margaret A. McKean -- Appendix : International forestry resources and institutions research strategy / Elinor Ostrom and Mary Beth Wertime. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Forest management -- Social aspects.
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Forestry and community.
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Forestry. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Gibson, Clark C., 1961-
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McKean, Margaret A.
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Ostrom, Elinor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: People and forests. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000 0262072017 (DLC) 99043446 (OCoLC)42290091 |
| ISBN |
9780262273800 (electronic bk.) |
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0262273802 (electronic bk.) |
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