Decentralization, forests and rural communities: policy outcomes in South and Southeast Asia/ edited by Edward L. Webb and Ganesh P. Shivakoti

Foreword / Marilyn W. Hoskins --
Preface / William R. Burch, Jr. --
1. Forest Policy as a Changing Context in Asia / Edward L. Webb --
2. Decentralization and Community-based Forestry: Learning from Experience / Arun Agrawal and Elinor Ostrom --
3. The Evolution of Forest-Related Institutions in Bhutan: Adaptations of Local People to the Rising State / Edward L. Webb and Lam Dorji --
4. Integrating Informal with Formal Forest Management Institutions for Sustainable Collective Action in India / Rucha Ghate and Deepshikha Mehra --
5. Decentralization Policy and Revitalization of Local Institutions for Protected Area Co-management in West Sumatra, Indonesia / Yonariza Shivakoti and Ganesh P. Shivakoti --
6. Evolution, Impacts and Challenges of Community-based Forestry in Nepal / Ambika P. Gautam and Ganesh P. Shivakoti --
7. Implications of Leasehold and Community Forestry for Poverty Alleviation / Mukunda Karmacharya, Birendra Karna and Elinor Ostrom --
8. Disentangling a Complex Web: Forests, People and Decentralization in Nepal / Harini Nagendra, Mukunda Karmacharya and Birendra Karna --
9. Evolution of Community-based Management and Forest Health in Northern Thailand: Case Study of Nahai and Huai-muang Villages in Sopsai Watershed, Thawangpa District, Nan Province / Nitaya Kijtewachakul, Ganesh P. Shivakoti and Edward L. Webb --
10. Incentives of the Forest Land Allocation Process: Implications for Forest Management in Nam Dong District, Central Vietnam / Ngo Tri Dung and Edward L. Webb --
11. Facilitating Decentralized Policies for Sustainable Governance and Management of Forest Resources in Asia / Ganesh P. Shivakoti and Elinor Ostrom.