| People and Forests: Communities, Institutions, and Governance Contributor(s): Gibson, Clark C. (Editor), McKean, Margaret A. (Editor), Ostrom, Elinor (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0262571374 ISBN-13: 9780262571371 Publisher: MIT Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2000 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Forestry - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Forests & Rainforests - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 333.75 |
| LCCN: 99043446 |
| Series: Politics, Science, and the Environment |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.07" W x 9.07" (0.93 lbs) 302 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
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| Publisher Description: 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Gibson, Clark C.: - Clark C. Gibson is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego.Ostrom, Elinor: - Elinor Ostrom is Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science, Codirector of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University, and Codirector of the Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC) at Indiana University.Ostrom was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.Jasanoff, Sheila: - Sheila Jasanoff is Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. She is the author of Designs on Nature: Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States and other books and the coeditor of Earthly Politics: Local and Global in Environmental Governance (MIT Press, 2004).Haas, Peter M.: - Peter M. Haas is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. |