Local Forest Management: The Impacts of Devolution Policies

ISBN-13: 9781844070237 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 224 str.

David Edmunds; Eva Wollenberg

Opis

This text is built around case studies of the effects of devolution policies on the management of forests in several Asian countries. The studies demonstrate that, contrary to the aim of such policies, they increased governmental control over the management of local resources, and at lower cost. They also show that if genuine control is to be exercised by local resource users for their livelihoods, more has to be done to take their needs into account and to diversify the range of interests represented and the opportunities for creating livelihoods from the local resources.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

David Edmunds and Eva Wollenberg are Research Fellows at the Centre for International Forest Research [CIFOR] in Indonesia.