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Decentralization of natural resource governance regimes

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Title Decentralization of natural resource governance regimes
 
Creator Larson, A.M.
Soto, F.
 
Subject democracy
forest management
local government
participation
property rights
 
Description This chapter reviews the literature on natural resource decentralization with an emphasis on forests in developing countries. This literature can be located at the intersection between discussions of good governance and democracy, development, and poverty alleviation, on the one hand, and common property resources, community-based resource management, and local resource rights, on the other. Policies implemented in the name of decentralization, however, are often not applied in ways compatible with the democratic potential with which decentralization is conceived, and only rarely have they resulted in pro-poor outcomes or challenged underlying structures of inequity. Greater attention to who receives decentralized powers, the role of property rights, the notion of “the local,” and the meeting of expert and local knowledge provides insights into key issues and contradictions. Fundamental differences in conceptions of democracy, participation, and development lie behind these contradictions and shape strategies for the redistribution of access to political power and resources, which is implied by decentralization.
 
Date 2008-11-01
2012-06-04T09:12:55Z
2012-06-04T09:12:55Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Larson, A.M., Soto, F. 2008. Decentralization of natural resource governance regimes . Annual Review of Environment and Resources 33 :213-239 doi: 10.1146/annurev.environ.33.020607.095522 URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/eprint/bf7DFREBcp8iKdBvYz5D/full/10.1146/annurev.environ.33.020607.095522?cookieSet=1. ISSN: 1543-5938.
1543-5938
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19983
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/2588
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.environ.33.020607.095522
 
Language en
 
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Open Access
 
Publisher Annual Reviews
 
Source Annual Review of Environment and Resources