Co-Management of Natural Resources in Asia: A Comparative Perspective (Man & nature in Asia): 7 - Hardcover

Gerald A. Persoon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8791114136 ISBN 13: 9788791114137

Publisher: NIAS Press, 2003

Synopsis

Co-management, that is the sharing of responsibilities between governmental institutions and groups of resource users, is rapidly becoming popular in Asia. In many countries environmental management is reformulated from exclusive state control to various kinds of joint management in which local communities, indigenous peoples and non-governmental organizations share authority and benefits with governmental institutions.

In this book case studies of experiments with co-management in a number of countries are combined with more reflective contributions pointing to underlying assumptions and problems in the actual implementation of co-management.

About this title

About the Author

Prof Gerard Persoon is Professor emeritus, Environment and Development, Leiden University. He held the IIAS chair for Environment and Development in particular in relation to indigenous peoples in Southeast Asia.

Dr. Percy E. Sajise is a Filipino ecologist and environmentalist.

Edition details

• Publisher: NIAS Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8791114136
• ISBN 13: 9788791114137
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Gerald A. Persoon, Diny M. E. Van Est, Percy E. Sajise