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1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Forest Policy as a Changing Context in Asia; Decentralization and Community-Based Forestry: Learning from Experience; The Evolution of Forest-Related Institutions in Bhutan: Adaptations of Local People to the Rising State; Integrating Informal with Formal Forest Management Institutions for Sustainable Collective Action in India; Decentralization Policy and Revitalization of Local Institutions for Protected Area Co-Management in West Sumatra, Indonesia; Evolution, Impacts and Challenges of Community-Based Forestry in Nepal. |
| Summary |
Asian societies are entering a new era of decentralized governance of forests. The authority to make decisions on forest management has shifted to lower levels. of government and, in some cases, to the local people themselves. But can governments. simply d̀ecentralize ̀authority away from the center, or are there certain core. elements necessary to achieve sustainable management and conservation of forests. in a decentralized world?. This book argues that policy solutions to resource dilemmas faced by forest-accessing. rural communities must be flexible, and should allow for local dynamics and. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Forest policy -- Asia -- Case studies.
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Forest policy. |
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Asia. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Forest management -- Asia -- Case studies.
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Forest management. |
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Decentralization in management -- Asia -- Case studies.
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Decentralization in management. |
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Webb, Edward L., 1967-
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Shivakoti, Ganesh.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Decentralization, forests and rural communities. Los Angeles : Sage Publications, 2007 0761935487 9780761935483 (DLC) 2006033870 (OCoLC)75389816 |
| ISBN |
9788178299594 (electronic book) |
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8178299593 (electronic book) |
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128196526X |
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9781281965264 |
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0761935487 |
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9780761935483 |
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