Lessons from Forest Decentralization: Money, Justice and the Quest for Good Governance in Asia-Pacific - Paperback

by Carol Colfer Pierce J. (Editor), Ganga Dahal Ram (Editor), Doris Capistrano (Editor)

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. The fresh research from a host of Asia-Pacific countries described in this book presents rich and varied experience with decentralization and provides important lessons for other regions.

Published with CIFOR

Author Biography

Carol J. Pierce Colfer is a Principal Scientist in the Forests and Governance Program at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), in Bogor, Indonesia.

Ganga Ram Dahal is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the same programme, and Doris Capistrano is Director of Forests and Governance at CIFOR, Indonesia.