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This chapter synthesizes results from case studies of the effects of devolution policies on the management of forests in three Asian countries, China, India and the Philippines. It also seeks to explain the disappointing impacts of forest devolution policies in terms of the divergent interests an...


Edmunds, D.Wollenberg, Eva K.[Whose devolution is it anyway? divergent constructs, interests and capacities between the poorest forest users and states]Whose devolution is it anyway? divergent constructs, interests and capacities between the poorest forest users and states

The main challenge that the Amazon region poses is what should be done to avoid that the region will follow the fate of other tropical regions: forest destruction and poverty. The fact that most of 80 percent of the region remains as forest leaves us the opportunity to build the way towards susta...


Alencar, A.Nepstad, D.C.McGrath, D.Moutinho, P.Pacheco, P.Carmen Vera Diaz, M. delSoares Filho, B.[Desmatamento na Amazonia: indo alem da "emergencia cronica"]Desmatamento na Amazonia: indo alem da "emergencia cronica"

China’s south-western province of Yunnan is a mountainous area of high biological and cultural diversity that was annexed into China relatively late in Chinese history. The province has lost over two thirds of its original forest cover and lost half of what remained in the last fifty years. Ethni...


Colchester, M.[Community forestry in Yunnan (China): the challenge for networks]Community forestry in Yunnan (China): the challenge for networks

The Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana programme should concentrate on two low-hanging fruits. First, it should quickly put to use 20-40 million ha of unutilised irrigation potential created in major, medium and minor irrigation projects. Second, it should provide better quality power rations...


Shah, TushaarMishra, G.Kela, PankajChinnasamy, Pennan[Har Khet Ko Pani?: Madhya Pradesh’s irrigation reform as a model]Har Khet Ko Pani?: Madhya Pradesh’s irrigation reform as a model
Arrazola, I.Alvaro, N.P.Renckens, J.Ballesteros, H.Hollenstein, P.[The role of private actors in the Quito metropolitan district food system: with a focus on larger processing and retail]The role of private actors in the Quito metropolitan district food system: with a focus on larger processing and retail

Indonesia contains some of the world's most biodiverse and threatened forests. The challenges result from both long-term management problems and the political, social, and economic turmoil of the past few years. This book explores recent events in Indonesia, while focusing on what can be done dif...


Colfer, C.J.P.Resosudarmo, I.A.P.[Which way forward?: people, forests, and policymaking in Indonesia]Which way forward?: people, forests, and policymaking in Indonesia
Krishnamurthy, A.Chekuri, B. S.Krishnan, S.Indu, R.[How sustainable are rural water enterprises?: synthesis of ITP-INREM studies from six states]How sustainable are rural water enterprises?: synthesis of ITP-INREM studies from six states

The report analyzes the changing tripartite constellations between South African black smallholders, the pre- and post-apartheid state, and the country’s large-scale agribusiness and irrigation industry. A recent mode of farming is the ‘joint venture’, in which smallholders hand over land and sha...


Koppen, Barbara C.M. vanTapela, B.N.Mapedza, Everisto[Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business]Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business
Verma, ShilpDurga, NehaShah, Tushaar[Solar irrigation pumps and India’s energy–irrigation nexus]Solar irrigation pumps and India’s energy–irrigation nexus

Local government is built around careful and illuminating case studies of the effects of devolution policies on the management of forests in several Asian countries. The studies demonstrate that devolution policies - contrary to the claims of governments - have actually increased governmental con...


Edmunds, D.Wollenberg, Eva K.[Local forest management: the impacts of devolution policies]Local forest management: the impacts of devolution policies

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