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Title Forest tenure reform in Asia and Africa : local control for improved livelihoods, forest management, and carbon sequestration / edited by Randall A. Bluffstone and Elizabeth J.Z. Robinson
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : RFF Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Environment for development
Environment for development.
Contents pt. 1. Understanding local forest management -- pt. 2. Evaluation of local forest management -- pt. 3. Extending local forest management to include REDD+
Summary "Forest tenure reforms are occurring in many developing countries around the world. These reforms typically include devolution of forest lands to local people and communities, which has attracted a great deal of attention and interest. While the nature and level of devolution vary by country, all have potentially important implications for resource allocation, local ecosystem services, livelihoods and climate change
This book helps students, researchers and professionals to understand the importance and implications of these reforms for local environmental quality, climate change, and the livelihoods of villagers, who are often poor. It is shown that local forest management can often be more successful than top-down management of common pool forest resources. The relationship of local forest tenure reform to the important climate change initiative REDD+ is also considered
The work includes a number of generic chapters and also detailed case studies from China, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Tanzania and Uganda. Using specific examples and a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives, including quantitative and qualitative analytical methods, the book provides an authoritative and critical picture of local forest reforms in light of the key challenges humanity faces today."--Pub. desc
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 26, 2014)
Subject Forest policy -- Asia
Forest management -- Asia
Forest policy -- Africa
Forest management -- Africa
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Forest management
Forest policy
Africa
Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Bluffstone, Randall, 1960- editor.
Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z., editor
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