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1. Collaborative Governance of Tropical Landscapes

   Edited by Carol J Pierce Colfer, Jean-Laurent Pfund

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   This book provides a novel approach to governance relating to biodiversity and human well-being in complex tropical landscapes, including forests and protected areas. It focuses attention at the interface between communities and the landscape level, building on interdisciplinary research conducted...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Lessons from Forest Decentralization

   "Money, Justice and the Quest for Good Governance in Asia-Pacific"

   Edited by Carol Colfer Pierce J, Ganga Dahal Ram, Doris Capistrano

   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...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Human Health and Forests

   A Global Overview of Issues, Practice and Policy

   Edited by Carol J. Pierce Colfer

   Series: People and Plants International Conservation

   Hundreds of millions of people live and work in forests across the world. One vital aspect of their lives, yet largely unexamined, is the challenge of protecting and enhancing the unique relationship between the health of forests and the health of people. This book, written for a broad audience, is...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
4. Forests for People

   Community Rights and Forest Tenure Reform

   Edited by Anne M. Larson, Deborah Barry, Ganga Ram Dahal, Carol J. Pierce Colfer

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   Who has rights to forests and forest resources? In recent years governments in the South have transferred at least 200 million hectares of forests to communities living in and around them . This book assesses the experience of what appears to be a new international trend that has substantially...

   Published February 23rd 2010 by Routledge
5. The Politics of Decentralization

   Forests, Power and People

   By Doris Capistrano

   Edited by Carol J. Pierce Colfer

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   'Around the world, people are struggling to find ways to get local governments and communities more involved in managing their own forests, while still protecting national and global interest. It is not easy. Some of the sharpest thinkers, movers and shakers concerned with this issue share their...

   Published May 31st 2005 by Routledge
6. The Equitable Forest

   "Diversity, Community, and Resource Management"

   Edited by Carol J. Pierce Colfer

   While there continues to be refinement in defining and assessing sustainable management, there remains the urgent need for policies that create the conditions that support sustainability and can halt or slow destructive practices already underway. Carol Colfer and her contributors maintain that...

   Published November 7th 2004 by Routledge
7. Which Way Forward

   "People, Forests, and Policymaking in Indonesia"

   By Carol J. Pierce Colfer

   Indonesia contains some of Asia?s most biodiverse and threatened forests. The challenges result from both long-term management problems and the political, social, and economic turmoil of the past few years. The contributors to Which Way Forward? explore recent events in Indonesia, while focusing on...

   Published February 12th 2002 by Routledge