Unplanned deforestation, which is occurring at unsustainable
rates in many parts of the world, can cause significant hardships
for rural communities by destroying critical stocks of fuel,
fodder, food, and building materials. It can also have profound
regional and global consequences by contributing to biodiversity
loss, erosion, floods, lowered water tables, and climate
change.People and Forests explores the complex interactions between
local communities and their forests. It focuses on the rules by
which communities govern and manage their forest resources. As part
of the International Forestry Resources and Institutions research
program, each of the contributors employs the same systematic,
comparative, and interdisciplinary methods to examine why some
people use their forests sustainably while others do not. The case
studies come from fieldwork in Bolivia, Ecuador, India, Nepal, and
Uganda.People and Forests offers policymakers a sophisticated view
of local forest management from which to develop policy options and
offers biophysical and social scientists a better understanding of
the linkages between residents, local institutions, and
forests.Contributors: Arun Agrawal, Abwoli Y. Banana, C. Dustin
Becker, Clark C. Gibson, William Gombya-Ssembajjwe, Rosario Leon,
Margaret A. McKean, Elinor Ostrom, Charles M. Schweik, George
Varughese, Mary Beth Wertime.
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