Lessons from Forest Decentralization: Money, Justice and the Quest for Good Governance in Asia-Pacific (The Earthscan Forest Library) - Hardcover

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9781844075553: Lessons from Forest Decentralization: Money, Justice and the Quest for Good Governance in Asia-Pacific (The Earthscan Forest Library)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1844075559 ISBN 13: 9781844075553
Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

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 overarching themes in mind, the authors take on many controversial topics and address practical challenges related to financing and reinvestment 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 a unique examination of decentralization issues in forestry with clear lessons for policy, social equity, forest management, research, development and conservation in forested areas across the globe from the tropics to temperate regions.

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About the Author

Carol J. Pierce Colfer is a Principal Scientist in the Forests and Governance Program at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), in Bogor, Indonesia.

Ganga Ram Dahal is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the same programme, and Doris Capistrano is Director of Forests and Governance at CIFOR, Indonesia.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1844075559
ISBN 13 
9781844075553
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
272
Editor
Colfer Pierce J Carol, Dahal Ram Ganga, Capistrano Doris

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