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Whose devolution is it anyway? divergent constructs, interests and capacities between the poorest forest users and states

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Title Whose devolution is it anyway? divergent constructs, interests and capacities between the poorest forest users and states
 
Creator Edmunds, D.
Wollenberg, Eva K.
 
Subject forestry policies
state intervention
community forestry
decision making
governance
institutions
 
Description 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 and perceptions of forest departments and local people. Some case studies show the convergence of between state and local interest. Some give examples where local interests have prevailed in spite of state strategies to maintain control. The principle for forest policy should be to create sustainable livelihoods for local resource users, especially the poorest among them, rather than reducing the cost of government forest administration.
 
Date 2003
2012-06-04T09:08:46Z
2012-06-04T09:08:46Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Edmunds, D., Wollenberg, E. 2003. Whose devolution is it anyway? divergent constructs, interests and capacities between the poorest forest users and states . In: Edmunds, D., Wollenberg, E. (eds.). Local forest management: the impacts of devolution policies. :150-165. London, Earthscan Publications.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18748
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/1274
 
Language en
 
Publisher Earthscan Publications