UID:
edocfu_9959242181102883
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 208 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-136-56210-9
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1-4175-2221-6
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9786610476077
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600-00-0014-6
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1-136-56211-7
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1-280-47607-9
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1-84977-185-5
Content:
'A well written book, astutely organized.'Development and ChangeLocal Forest Management is built around careful and illuminating case studies of the effects of devolution policies on the management of forests in several Asian countries. The studies demonstrate that devolution policies - contrary to the claims of governments - actually increased governmental control over the management of local resources and did so at lower cost. The controversial findings show that if local forest users are to exercise genuine control over forest management, they must be better represented in the processes of
Note:
Reprinted 2004.
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Local Forest Management The Impacts of Devolution Policies; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Boxes; Foreword by M S Swaminathan; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Glossary of Local Terms; 1 Introduction; 2 The Promises and Limitations of Devolution and Local Forest Management in China; 3 Devolution as a Threat to Democratic Decision-making in Forestry? Findings from Three States in India; 4 Creating Space for Local Forest Management: The Case of the Philippines
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5 Whose Devolution is it Anyway? Divergent Constructs, Interests and Capacities between the Poorest Forest Users and States; 6 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84407-022-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84407-023-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781849771856
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