Strategies to protect biodiversity in the face of a global crisis must be place‐based and
sensitive to context. A failure to consider the socioeconomic and political circumstances, as …

This chapter reviews the literature on natural resource decentralization with an emphasis on
forests in develo** countries. This literature can be located at the intersection between …

There has often been a gap between policy intentions and outcomes in the field of natural
resource governance. Analysing the factors for these discrepancies requires multi-level …

Community forestry refers to forest management that has ecological sustainability and local
community benefits as central goals, with some degree of responsibility and authority for …

Decentralisations have taken place around the world over the past century [Ribot, 1999].
Since the mid-1980s, however, decentralisation has become a truly global movement …

Efforts to promote popular participation in forest management in Sub-Saharan Africa have
faced many obstacles and disappointments. Although promises of improvements in relation …

Handbook of Restorative Justice is a collection of original, cutting-edge essays that offer an
insightful and critical assessment of the theory, principles and practices of restorative justice …

Decentralization policy narratives articulated by donor agencies tend to describe
decentralization as a technical process of policy design and implementation, advocating …

This paper discusses the theory of decentralized forest management, the associated
narrative and the underlying hypotheses. That discussion informs the assessment of …

Based on a village study in Tanzania, the effects of decentralized forest management on
forest conservation, rural livelihoods and good governance are evaluated. Tree growth is …