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Title Lessons from forest decentralization : money, justice and the quest for good governance in Asia-Pacific / edited by Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Ganga Ram Dahal and Doris Capistrano.

Publication Info. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 247 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Earthscan forestry library
Earthscan forestry library.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Foreword by M.S. Kaban; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Setting the Stage: Money and Justice in Asian and Pacific Forests; Chapter 2 From Decentralization to Governance: Recurring Issues; Chapter 3 Governance, Tenure and Equity in Asia-Pacific Forests; Chapter 4 A Different Vantage Point: Decentralization, Women's Organizing and Local Forest Management; Chapter 5 Community Forestry in Nepal: Decentralized Forest Governance; Chapter 6 Policies and Programme to Make Decentralization Effective: A Case Study from China.
Summary The decentralization of control over the vast forests of the world is moving at a rapid pace, with both positive and negative ramifications for people and forests themselves. The fresh research from a host of Asia-Pacific countries described in this book presents rich and varied experience with decentralization and provides important lessons for other regions. Beginning with historical and geographical overview chapters, the book proceeds to more in-depth coverage of the region's countries. Research findings stress rights, roles and responsibilities on the one hand, and organization, capacity-
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Subject Forest management -- Asia.
Forest management.
Asia.
Forest management -- Asia -- Citizen participation.
Political participation.
Forest policy -- Asia.
Forest policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Colfer, Carol J. Pierce.
Dahal, Ganga Ram.
Capistrano, Doris.
Other Form: Print version: Lessons from forest decentralization. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008 9781844075553 (DLC) 2007041629 (OCoLC)174112747
ISBN 9781849771825 (electronic book)
1849771820 (electronic book)
9781435657540 (electronic book)
1435657543 (electronic book)
1281752843 (electronic book)
9781281752840 (electronic book)
9781136562310 (electronic book)
1136562311 (electronic book)
9781844075553 (hardback)
1844075559 (hardback)
Standard No. 10.4324/9781849771825