People and forests : communities, institutions, and governance /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©2000.
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| Series: | Politics, science, and the environment
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=74466 |
Table of Contents:
- Explaining deforestation : the role of local institutions / Clark C. Gibson, Margaret A. McKean, and Elinor Ostrom
- Common property : what is it, what is it good for, and what makes it work? / Margaret A. McKean
- Small is beautiful, but is larger better? Forest-management institutions in the Kumaon Himalaya, India / Arun Agrawal
- Successful forest management : the importance of security of tenure and rule enforcement in Ugandan forests / Abwoli Y. Banana and William Gombya-Ssembajjwe
- Optimal foraging, institutions, and forest change : a case from Nepal / Charles M. Schweik
- A lack of institutional demand : why a strong local community in Western Ecuador fails to protect its forest / Clark C. Gibson and C. Dustin Becker
- Indigenous forest management in the Bolivian Amazon : lessons from the Yuracaré people / C. Dustin Becker and Rosario León
- Population and forest dynamics in the hills of Nepal : institutional remedies by rural communities / George Varughese
- Forests, people, and governance : some initial theoretical lessons / Clark C. Gibson, Elinor Ostrom, and Margaret A. McKean
- Appendix : International forestry resources and institutions research strategy / Elinor Ostrom and Mary Beth Wertime.