This book is about conscious attempts by local communities in three Asian countries to improve the management of their forests. It explores how collaborative learning, negotiation and planning, involving different actors, in forest communities in Indonesia, Nepal and the Philippines, can contribute to better management in some quite surprising ways. It provides ‘plausible causal connections’ between the action research of the Adaptive Collaborative Management Research Project implemented by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the outcomes for the groups of people (and their forests) involved in the research. There are broader lessons to be derived for development practitioners and researchers from these experiences with Adaptive Collaborative Management as the global community grapples with managing complex human-ecological systems.
PDF version of the book is available for free here.
Chapter 1. Introduction: People, Forests and the Need for Adaptation (Robert Fisher, Ravi Prabhu and Cynthia McDougall)
Chapter 2. Adaptive Collaborative Management: A Conceptual Model (Ravi Prabhu, Cynthia McDougall and Robert Fisher)
Chapter 3. Enhancing Adaptiveness and Collaboration in Community Forestry in Nepal: Reflections from Participatory Action Research (Cynthia McDougall, Hemant Ojha, Raj Kumar Pandey, Mani Ram Banjade and Bishnu Hari Pandit)
Chapter 4. Shaping Opportunities for Improving Forest Quality and Community Livelihoods in Central Sumatra and East Kalimantan, Indonesia (Trikurnianti Kusumanto)
Chapter 5. Muddling Towards Cooperation: Spontaneous Orders and Shared Learning in
Malinau District, Indonesia (Eva Wollenberg, Ramses Iwan, Godwin Limberg, Moira Moeliono, Steve Rhee and Made Sudana)
Chapter 6. Facilitating Change from the Inside: Adaptive Collaborative Management in the Philippines (Herlina Hartanto)
Chapter 7. Discussion and Conclusions (Cynthia McDougall, Ravi Prabhu and Robert Fisher)
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