People and Forests Communities, Institutions and Governance
| Author/creator | Gibson, Clark C., 1961- Editor |
| Other author | McKean, Margaret A. Editor |
| Other author | Ostrom, Elinor Editor |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : MIT Press |
| Description | 300 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile STEAM Monographs D2O |
| Subjects |
| Series | Politics, Science and the Environment Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation <p>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 : Arun Agrawal, Abwoli Y. Banana, C. Dustin Becker, Clark C. Gibson, William Gombya-Ssembajjwe, Rosario Leon, Margaret A. McKean, Elinor Ostrom, Charles M. Schweik, George Varughese, Mary Beth Wertime.</p> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 99043446 |
| ISBN | 9780262072014 |
| ISBN | 0262072017 (Trade Cloth) Out of Print |
| Standard identifier# | 9780262072014 |
| Stock number | 00015994 |
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