1st Edition
Local Forest Management The Impacts of Devolution Policies
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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'A well written book, astutely organized.'
Development and Change
Local 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... Read more
Foreword by M S Swaminathan * Preface * Glossary of Local Terms * Introduction * The Promises and Limitations of Devolution and Local Forest Management in China * Devolution as a Threat to Democratic Decision-making in Forestry? Findings from Three States in India * Creating Space for Local Forest Management: The Case of the Philippines * Whose Devolution is it Anyway? Divergent Constructs, Interests and Capacities Between the Poorest Forest Users and States * Conclusion * Notes * References * Index
Biography
David Edmunds and Eva Wollenberg are Research Fellows at the Centre for International Forest Research [CIFOR] in Indonesia.
'This is an important book. Devolution of responsibility and authority for forest management has become a worldwide tred in forest policy. This book presents a well-documented and well-argued case showing that devolution often has the opposite effect from that intended'. R.J Fisher, Australian Mekong Resource Centre, University of Sydney. International Pest Control, March-April 2004.
