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.
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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.
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-building, infrastructure and legal aspects on the other. With these overreaching themes in mind, the authors take on many controversial topics and address practical challenges related to financing and investment in sustainable forest management under decentralized governance. Particular efforts have been made to examine decentralization scales from the local to the national, and to address gender issues. The result is unique examination of decentralization issues in forestry with clear lessons for policy, social equility, forest management, research, development and conservation in forest areas across the global from the tropics to temperate regions.
Setting the stage : money and justice in Asian and Pacific forests / Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Ganga Ram Dahal and Moira Moeliono -- From decentralization to governance : recurring issues / Christian Küchli -- Governance, tenure and equity in Asia-Pacific forests / Lesley Potter -- A different vantage point : decentralization, women's organizing and local forest management / Seema Arora-Jonsson -- Community forestry in Nepal : decentralized forest governance / Ganga Ram Dahal and Apsara Chapagain -- Policies and programme to make decentralization effective : a case study from China / Liu Dachang -- Forest fire management and autonomy in the Republic of Korea / Byoung Il Yoo -- The gap between policy and practice in Lao PDR / Yayoi Fujita and Kaisone Phengsopha -- Consultative planning for effective forest governance : case studies from Malaysia and Indonesia / Efransjah, Petrus Gunarso, Che Hashim bin Hassan and Kresno D. Santosa -- Implementing decentralization : lessons from experiences in Indonesia / Kadjatmiko -- Devolved and decentralized forest management in the Philippines : triggers and constraints in investments / Ernesto S. Guiang, Ferdinand Esguerra and Domingo Bacalla -- The household economy and decentralization of forest management in Vietnam / Tan Quang Nguyen -- Decentralization and forest governance in Asia and the Pacific : trends, lessons and continuing challenges / Doris Capistrano.