People and Forests: Communities, Institutions, and GovernanceClark C. Gibson, Margaret A. McKean, Elinor Ostrom MIT Press, 2000 - 274 من الصفحات Unplanned deforestation, which is occurring at unsustainable rates in many parts of the world, can cause significant hardships for rural communities by destroying critical stocks of fuel, fodder, food, and building materials. It can also have profound regional and global consequences by contributing to biodiversity loss, erosion, floods, lowered water tables, and climate change. People and Forests explores the complex interactions between local communities and their forests. It focuses on the rules by which communities govern and manage their forest resources. As part of the International Forestry Resources and Institutions research program, each of the contributors employs the same systematic, comparative, and interdisciplinary methods to examine why some people use their forests sustainably while others do not. The case studies come from fieldwork in Bolivia, Ecuador, India, Nepal, and Uganda. People and Forests offers policymakers a sophisticated view of local forest management from which to develop policy options and offers biophysical and social scientists a better understanding of the linkages between residents, local institutions, and forests. Contributors |
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Explaining Deforestation The Role of Local Institutions | 1 |
Common Property What Is It What Is It Good for and What Makes It Work? | 27 |
Small Is Beautiful but Is Larger Better? ForestManagement Institutions in the Kumaon Himalaya India | 57 |
Successful Forest Management The Importance of Security of Tenure and Rule Enforcement in Ugandan Forests | 87 |
Optimal Foraging Institutions and Forest Change A Case from Nepal | 99 |
A Lack of Institutional Demand Why a Strong Local Community in Western Ecuador Fails to Protect Its Forest | 135 |
Indigenous Forest Management in the Bolivian Amazon Lessons from the Yuracaré People | 163 |
Population and Forest Dynamics in the Hills of Nepal Institutional Remedies by Rural Communities | 193 |
Forests People and Governance Some Initial Theoretical Lessons | 227 |
International Forestry Resources and Institutions Research Strategy | 243 |
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