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Author:   Edward L Webb ,  Ganesh P Shivakoti
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9780761935483

ISBN 10:   0761935487
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   09 January 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
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Table of Contents

Foreword - Marilyn W Hoskins Preface - William R Burch, JNR Forest Policy as a Changing Context in Asia - Edward L Webb Decentralization and Community-Based Forestry: Learning from Experience - Arun Agrawal and Elinor Ostrom The Evolution of Forest-related Institutions in Bhutan: Adaptations of Local People to the Rising State - Edward L Webb and Lam Dorji Integrating Informal with Formal Forest Management Institutions for Sustainable Collective Action in India - Rucha Ghate and Deepshikha Mehra Decentralization Policy and Revitalization of Local Institutions for Protected Area Co-management in West Sumatra, Indonesia - Yonariza and Ganesh P Shivakoti Evolution and Impacts of Community-based Forest Management in the Hills of Nepal - Ambika P Gautam and Ganesh P Shivakoti Implications of Leasehold and Community Forestry for Poverty Alleviation - Mukunda Karmacharya, Birendra Karna and Elinor Ostrom Disentangling a Complex Web: Forests, People and Decentralization in Nepal - Harini Nagendra, Mukunda Karmacharya and Birendra Karna Evolution of Community-Based Management and Forest Health in Northern Thailand - Nitaya Kijtewachakul, Ganesh P Shivakoti and Edward L Webb Case Study of Nahai and Huai-muang Villages in Sopsai Watershed, Thawangpa District, Nan Province Incentives of the Forest Land Allocation Process: Implications for Forest Management in Nam Dong District, Central Vietnam - Ngo Tri Dung and Edward L Webb Facilitating Decentralized Policies for Sustainable Governance and Management of Forest Resources in Asia - Ganesh P Shivakoti and Elinor Ostrom Index

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The book is a significant contribution to the field of community conservation and will be useful to policy makers, NGOs, academics and environmentalists. -- The Book Review

Author Information

Edward L Webb is an Associate Professor, Natural Resources Management at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. He has been a recipient of two MacArthur Foundation grants for research and conservation activities in central Vietnam and has published extensively on the ecology and management of tropical and Himalayan forests. His current research interests include the vegetation ecology of tropical and subtropical forests, the impacts of community-based management activities on forested ecosystems, and conservation of forests by rural communities. Ganesh P. Shivakoti is Adjunct Professor of Agricultural and Natural Resources Economics, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, and Visiting Professor, Arizona State University, US. He has co-authored Improving Irrigation in Asia: Sustainable Performance of an Innovative Intervention in Nepal with Nobel Laureate Elionr Ostrom.

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