This paper reviews and synthesizes the published literature on decentralization of
renewable resources and development interventions to identify four key lessons for future …

Decentralization across Africa are re-organizing the roles and powers of local actors in the
name of increasing participation of local populations in governance. How these reforms …

INTRODUCTION DEMOCRACY AND NATURAL RESOURCES determination (Mair 1936,
13). The language of earlier decentralizations included laudable goals that we would be …

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 …

Decentralization promises to empower local actors, but threatens others with a loss of
power. We describe “repertoires of domination” as the set of acts actors perform to defend …

Using empirical case materials from the Philippines and referring to rich experiences from
different countries historically, this book offers conceptual and practical conclusions that …

The potential of devolved conservation to empower people, reduce poverty and protect
forest resources has yet to be realized in much of the develo** world. This is particularly …

The number of Rafflesia species (Rafflesiaceae) reported for the Philippines has grown
explosively from two before 2002 to ten or eleven presently. We present an overview of the …

The Chinese government has allowed collective village forest land to pass into
individualized ownership. The purpose was to alleviate rural poverty and stimulate …

Increased attention for indigenous rights in relation to nature conservation has in the
Philippines resulted in legislation formalizing indigenous peoples' participation in protected …