| Description |
1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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 |
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| Subject |
Forest policy -- Asia -- Case studies
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Forest management -- Asia -- Case studies
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Decentralization in management -- Asia -- Case studies
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NATURE -- Natural Resources.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
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Decentralization in management
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Forest management
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Forest policy
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Bosbouw.
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Decentralisatie.
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Casestudies.
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Asia
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Azië.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Webb, Edward L., 1967-
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Shivakoti, Ganesh.
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| ISBN |
9788178299594 |
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8178299593 |
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128196526X |
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9781281965264 |
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