People and forests : communities, institutions, and governance
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 forests 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 Bolivia, Exuafor, India, Nepal, and Uganda
xxiv, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
9780262072014, 9780262571371, 0262072017, 0262571374
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Explaining deforestation : the role of local institutions / Clark C. Gibson, Margaret A. McKean, and Elinor Ostrom
Common property : what is it, what is it good for, and what makes it work? / Margaret A. McKean
Small is beautiful, but is larger better? Forest-management institutions in the Kumaon Himalaya, India / Arun Agrawal
Successful forest management : the importance of security of tenure and rule enforcement in Ugandan forests / Abwoli Y. Banana and William Gombya-Ssembajjwe
Optimal foraging, institutions, and forest change : a case from Nepal / Charles M. Schweik
A lack of institutional demand : why a strong local community in Western Ecuador fails to protect its forest / Clark C. Gibson and C. Dustin Becker
Indigenous forest management in the Bolivian Amazon : lessons from the Yuracaré people / C. Dustin Becker and Rosario León
Population and forest dynamics in the hills of Nepal : institutional remedies by rural communities / George Varughese
Forests, people, and governance : some initial theoretical lessons / Clark C. Gibson, Elinor Ostrom, and Margaret A. McKean
Appendix : International forestry resources and institutions research strategy / Elinor Ostrom and Mary Beth Wertime