| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 208 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-203) and index. |
| Contents |
Contents; List of Tables and Boxes; Foreword; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Glossary of Local Terms; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Promises and Limitations of Devolution and Local Forest Management in China; Chapter 3: Devolution as a Threat to Democratic Decision-making in Forestry? Findings from Three States in India; Chapter 4: Creating Space for Local Forest Management: The Case of the Philippines; Chapter 5: Whose Devolution is it Anyway? Divergent Constructs, Interests and Capacities between the Poorest Forest Users and States; Chapter 6: Conclusion; Notes. |
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ReferencesIndex. |
| Summary |
'A well written book astutely organized.' Development and Change Local 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Forest policy -- China.
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Forest policy. |
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China. |
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Forest policy -- India.
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India. |
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Forest policy -- Philippines.
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Philippines. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Edmunds, David.
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Wollenberg, Eva.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Local forest management. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2003 (DLC) 2003008345 (OCoLC)52133088 |
| ISBN |
9781849771856 (electronic book) |
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1849771855 (electronic book) |
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1280476079 |
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9781280476075 |
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1844070220 (hardback ; chlorine free paper) |
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9781844070220 (hardback ; chlorine free paper) |
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1844070239 (paperback ; chlorine free paper) |
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9781844070237 (paperback ; chlorine free paper) |
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