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Decentralization, forests and rural communities : policy outcomes in South and Southeast Asia

Title
Decentralization, forests and rural communities : policy outcomes in South and Southeast Asia / editors, Edward L. Webb, Ganesh P. Shivakoti.
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Los Angeles : Sage Publications, 2008.
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321 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
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  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword / Marilyn W. Hoskins -- Preface / William R. Burch, Jr. -- 1. Forest Policy as a Changing Context in Asia / Edward L. Webb -- 2. Decentralization and Community-based Forestry: Learning from Experience / Arun Agrawal and Elinor Ostrom -- 3. The Evolution of Forest-Related Institutions in Bhutan: Adaptations of Local People to the Rising State / Edward L. Webb and Lam Dorji -- 4. Integrating Informal with Formal Forest Management Institutions for Sustainable Collective Action in India / Rucha Ghate and Deepshikha Mehra -- 5. Decentralization Policy and Revitalization of Local Institutions for Protected Area Co-management in West Sumatra, Indonesia / Yonariza Shivakoti and Ganesh P. Shivakoti -- 6. Evolution, Impacts and Challenges of Community-based Forestry in Nepal / Ambika P. Gautam and Ganesh P. Shivakoti -- 7. Implications of Leasehold and Community Forestry for Poverty Alleviation / Mukunda Karmacharya, Birendra Karna and Elinor Ostrom -- 8. Disentangling a Complex Web: Forests, People and Decentralization in Nepal / Harini Nagendra, Mukunda Karmacharya and Birendra Karna -- 9. Evolution of Community-based Management and Forest Health in Northern Thailand: Case Study of Nahai and Huai-muang Villages in Sopsai Watershed, Thawangpa District, Nan Province / Nitaya Kijtewachakul, Ganesh P. Shivakoti and Edward L. Webb -- 10. Incentives of the Forest Land Allocation Process: Implications for Forest Management in Nam Dong District, Central Vietnam / Ngo Tri Dung and Edward L. Webb -- 11. Facilitating Decentralized Policies for Sustainable Governance and Management of Forest Resources in Asia / Ganesh P. Shivakoti and Elinor Ostrom.
ISBN
  • 0761935487 (hard back)
  • 9780761935483 (hard back)
LCCN
2006033870
OCLC
  • ocm75389816
  • 75389816
  • SCSB-5441669
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