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. This book describes research from a host of Asia-Pacific, presents varied experience with decentralization and provides important lessons for other regions.
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...
Who has rights to forests and forest resources? In recent years governments in the South have transferred at least 200 million hectares of forests to communities living in and around them. This book assesses the experience of what appears to be a new international trend that has substantially increased the share of the world's forests under community administration. Based on research in over 30 communities in selected countries in Asia (India, Nepal, Philippines, Laos, Indonesia), Africa (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana) and Latin America (Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua), it examines...
Who has rights to forests and forest resources? In recent years governments in the South have transferred at least 200 million hectares of forests ...
Based on grassroots comparative research in over 30 communities in 12 countries and on three continents, this book provides an in-depth comparative study of community access, rights and the transfer of forest tenure rights.
Based on grassroots comparative research in over 30 communities in 12 countries and on three continents, this book provides an in-depth comparative st...
