Product Description: Asian societies are entering a new era of decentralized governance of forests. The authority to make decisions on forest management has shifted to lower levels of government and, in some cases, to the local people themselves. But can governments simply `decentralize` authority away from the center, or are there certain core elements necessary to achieve sustainable management and conservation of forests in a decentralized world? This book argues that policy solutions to resource dilemmas faced by forest-accessing rural communities must be flexible, and should allow for local dynamics and innovations to take place...read more

Product Description: This volume draws together over 20 years of research by a team of international scholars into the most effective strategies that communities in developing countries can use to govern and manage their resources most effectively. Many of the findings and evidence will be of interest to American scholars interested in community development and resource management...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)