Forests

South Asia forest tenure assessment

This assessment of forest tenure systems in South Asia focuses on current state of tenure and the relationship between tenure security and sustainable forest management and livelihood opportunities.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
Ganga Ram Dahal, Krishna Adhikari
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
Tags:
Forests, Land Tenure, South Asia, Forest Resources, Forest Management, Governance, Land Ownership, Forest Policy, Chipko Movement, Land Reforms

Forest tenure in Asia: status and trends

This report is intended to provide an overview of forest tenure in Asia between 2002 and 2010, building on and updating previous regional tenure studies undertaken by the Rights and Resources Initiative, and RRI and the International Tropical Timber Organization. It is supplemented by a set of country studies, which provide a more in-depth look at tenure statistics and trends in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Nepal and Vietnam.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2011
Ganga Ram Dahal, Julian Atkinson, James Bampton
RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forests
Tags:
Land Tenure, Asia, India, Land Reforms, Land Ownership, Forest Resources, Land Acquisition, Forests, Protected Area Conservation, Community Forest Management (CFM)
Forests

Lessons from forest decentralization: money, justice and the quest for good governance in Asia-Pacific

The decentralization of control over the vast forests of the world is moving at a rapid pace with both positive and negative ramifications for people and forests themselves. Fresh research from a host of Asia-Pacific countries presents rich and varied experience with decentralization and provides important lessons for other regions. Beginning with historical and geographical overview chapters, the book proceeds to more in-depth coverage in the region's countries.

Publication Date: 
Jan 2008
Doris Capistrano, Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Ganga Ram Dahal
Earthscan Publications
Tags:
Forests, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Fires, Economy, Governance, Asia