This paper evaluates the impacts of natural resource devolution policies in several Asian and southern African countries from the perspective of local people. Devolution outcomes are assessed in terms of who has greater benefits and decision-making authority. We also examine the factors that have...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Shackleton, S.
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Edmunds, D.
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Shanley, P.
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[Central control of local resource management: the impacts of devolution]
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Central control of local resource management: the impacts of devolution
The People and plants handbook is a source of information on applying ethnobotany to conservation and community development. It is designed for people who work in the field, including park managers, foresters, students, researchers, cultural promoters, and members of non-governmental, governmenta...
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