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Shah, TushaarVerma, ShilpDurga, NehaRajan, AbhishekGoswami, AlankritaPalrecha, A.[Achieving 'Har Khet Ko Pani': a practical roadmap for PMKSY [Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana].]Achieving 'Har Khet Ko Pani': a practical roadmap for PMKSY [Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana].
Shah, TushaarPradhan, P.Rasul, G.[Water challenges of the Ganges Basin: an agenda for accelerated reform]Water challenges of the Ganges Basin: an agenda for accelerated reform

This chapter explains the purpose and methods of the book Local Forest Management. The book uses 12-20 case studies in each China, Philippines and India to understand the impacts of community-based forest management policies of the last two decades. We define impacts in terms of the changes in ec...


Edmunds, D.Wollenberg, Eva K.Contreras, A.P.Liu DachangKelkar, G.Sarin, M.Singh, N.M.[Introduction]Introduction

This chapter concludes from a study of the impacts of forest devolution policies in China, India and the Philippines that devolution has had significant impacts, but mostly on increasing forest cover. Changes in livelihoods were mixed, and control over forests was little changed. In some cases, d...


Edmunds, D.Wollenberg, Eva K.Contreras, A.P.Liu DachangKelkar, G.Nathan, D.Sarin, M.Singh, N.M.[Local forest management: conclusion]Local forest management: conclusion

Rattan cultivated as part of the traditional swidden agricultural system has been a major source of internationally traded rattan raw material and, more recently, the basis of a strong domestic furniture and handicrafts industry. The rattan gardens of Kalimantan provide an example of an intermedi...


Pambudhi, F.Belcher, B.Levang, P.Dewi, S.[Rattan (Calamus spp.) gardens of Kalimantan: resilience and evolution in a managed non-timber forest product system]Rattan (Calamus spp.) gardens of Kalimantan: resilience and evolution in a managed non-timber forest product system

Viewing resource management essentially through a biophysical lens has provided too restricted a perspective for understanding complex political processes surrounding forest management. The case of community forestry in Nepal demonstrates a range of experiences of complex political processes, inc...


Ojha, H.Paudel, N.S.Banjade, M.R.McDougall, C.Cameron, J.[The deliberative scientist: integrating science and politics in forest resource governance in Nepal]The deliberative scientist: integrating science and politics in forest resource governance in Nepal

This paper explains the ways in which, and the extent to which, public policy measures might be used to reduce inappropriate tropical deforestation.Inappropriate deforestation is a signifanct problem: 1. deforestation generally causes negative externalities that generate cost to society not refle...


Kaimowitz, D.Byron, R.N.Sunderlin, William D.[Public policies to reduce inappropriate tropical deforestation]Public policies to reduce inappropriate tropical deforestation

This chapter looks at the municipal government of Riberalta, Bolivia and its role in forest management. Riberalta is located in the northern Bolivian Amazon and depends heavily on Brazil nuts harvesting and processing, as well as logging and agriculture. The traditional local elite has maintained...


Kaimowitz, D.Bojanic Helbingen, A.J.[Riberalta: extractivistas bajo una élite tradicional]Riberalta: extractivistas bajo una élite tradicional

Forests cover between 17 and 19 million ha of the Central American isthmus. Most of this is broadleaved forest on the Atlantic side of the isthmus. The size and contribution of these forests vary greatly between the Central American countries, from Belize, with over 80% of its land in forests, to...


Kaimowitz, D.Paupitz, J.[Forests, policies and people on the Central American agricultural frontier]Forests, policies and people on the Central American agricultural frontier

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