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Bridging the gap between local knowledge and western science is
essential to understanding the world's ecosystems and the ways in
which humans interact with and shape those ecosystems. This book
brings together a group of world-class scientists in an
unprecedented effort to build a formal framework for linking local
and indigenous knowledge with the global scientific enterprise.
Contributors explore the challenges, costs, and benefits of
bridging scales and knowledge systems in assessment processes and
in resource management. Case studies look at a variety of efforts
to bridge scales, providing important lessons concerning what has
worked, what has not, and the costs and benefits associated with
those efforts. Drawing on the groundbreaking work of the Millennium
Eco-system Assessment, "Bridging Scales and Knowledge Systems" will
be indispensable for future efforts to conduct ecosystem
assessments around the world.
Decentralization is sweeping the world and having dramatic and
far-reaching impacts on resource management and livelihoods,
particularly in forestry. This book is the most up-to-date
examination of the themes, experiences and lessons learned from
decentralization worldwide. Drawing on research and support from
all of the major international forestry and conservation
organizations, the book provides a balanced account that covers the
impact of decentralization on resource management worldwide, and
provides comparative global insights with wide implications for
policy, management, conservation and resource use and planning.
Topics covered include forest governance in federal systems,
democratic decentralization of forests and natural resources, paths
and pitfalls in decentralization and biodiversity conservation in
decentralized forests. The book provides in-depth case studies of
decentralization from Bolivia, Ghana, Indonesia, Russia, Scotland,
Switzerland, Uganda and the US, as well as highlights from federal
countries including Australia, Brazil, Canada, India and Malaysia.
It also addresses the critical links between the state, forests,
communities and power relations in a range of regions and
circumstances, and provides case examples of how decentralization
has been viewed and experienced by communities in Guatemala,
Philippines and Zimbabwe. The Politics of Decentralization is
state-of-the-art coverage of decentralization and is essential for
practitioners, academics and policy-makers across forestry and the
full spectrum of natural resource management.
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. The fresh research
from a host of Asia-Pacific countries described in this book
presents rich and varied experience with decentralization and
provides important lessons for other regions. Beginning with
historical and geographical overview chapters, the book proceeds to
more in-depth coverage of the region's countries. Research findings
stress rights, roles and responsibilities on the one hand, and
organization, capacity-building, infrastructure and legal aspects
on the other. With these overarching themes in mind, the authors
take on many controversial topics and address practical challenges
related to financing and reinvestment in sustainable forest
management under decentralized governance. Particular efforts have
been made to examine decentralization scales from the local to the
national, and to address gender issues. The result is a unique
examination of decentralization issues in forestry with clear
lessons for policy, social equity, forest management, research,
development and conservation in forested areas across the globe
from the tropics to temperate regions. Published with CIFOR
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 new book, by
leading researchers from the Center for International Forestry
Research (CIFOR), presents the latest research into
decentralization in the forests of Asia and the Pacific, unraveling
the complex issues at stake. Fresh research from a host of
Asia-Pacific countries including India, Nepal, China, Korea,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam among others,
presents the authors' rich and varied experience with
decentralization and provides important lessons for other regions.
The book begins with historical and geographical overview chapters,
proceeding to more in-depth coverage in the region's countries.
Research findings stress rights, roles and responsibilities, on the
one hand, and institutions including organization, capacity
building, infrastructure and legal aspects, on the other. With
these overarching themes in mind, the authors take on many
controversial topics, examining inclusiveness in decision-making,
justice and equity, criminal activity such as illegal logging and
corruption, land use including rehabilitation and tenure,
policy-practice gaps, community forestry, implications for
household economies and environmental impacts such as fire. Several
authors also address practical challenges related to financing and
reinvestment in sustainable forest management under decentralized
governance. Particular efforts have been made to examine
decentralization at various scales from local to national and to
address gender issues, which have previously been largely ignored
in thedecentralization discussions. The result is a unique
examination of decentralization issues in forestry with clear
lessons for policy, forest management, research, development and
conservation in forested areas across the globe from the tropics to
temperature regions.
Decentralization is sweeping the world and having dramatic and
far-reaching impacts on resource management and livelihoods,
particularly in forestry. This book is the most up-to-date
examination of the themes, experiences and lessons learned from
decentralization worldwide. Drawing on research and support from
all of the major international forestry and conservation
organizations, the book provides a balanced account that covers the
impact of decentralization on resource management worldwide, and
provides comparative global insights with wide implications for
policy, management, conservation and resource use and planning.
Topics covered include forest governance in federal systems,
democratic decentralization of forests and natural resources, paths
and pitfalls in decentralization and biodiversity conservation in
decentralized forests. The book provides in-depth case studies of
decentralization from Bolivia, Ghana, Indonesia, Russia, Scotland,
Switzerland, Uganda and the US, as well as highlights from federal
countries including Australia, Brazil, Canada, India and Malaysia.
It also addresses the critical links between the state, forests,
communities and power relations in a range of regions and
circumstances, and provides case examples of how decentralization
has been viewed and experienced by communities in Guatemala,
Philippines and Zimbabwe. The Politics of Decentralization is
state-of-the-art coverage of decentralization and is essential for
practitioners, academics and policy-makers across forestry and the
full spectrum of natural resource management.
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