Balancing acts: community-based forest management and national law in Asia and the Pacific
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1995 |
| Authors | Lynch, O, J.; Talbott, K, |
| Journal Title | Balancing acts: community-based forest management and national law in Asia and the Pacific. |
| Pagination | xvi + 188 |
| Key Words | forest management; community forestry; deforestation; forest; policy; history; tenure systems; legal rights; leases; forest; ownership |
| Abstract | This book surveys the historical antecedents and contemporary status of national laws and policies affecting forests and forest- dwellers in India, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Papua New Guinea. An introduction and a general chapter on deforestation and the prospects for community-based management are followed by 3 chapters which cover colonial patterns of forest management, the legacies of state ownership and the emerging responses of community-based forest management in the 7 case-study countries. The final 2 chapters discuss the recognition of private community-based rights, and the promotion of sustainable forest management through community-based tenure. |
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