Managing Forests as Common Property

Managing Forests as Common Property
Author: J. E. M. Arnold
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251041222

The purpose of this study is to bring together available information about the role of common property as a system of governance and its present relevance to forest management and use, to review the historical record of common property systems that have disappeared or survived, to examine the experience of selected contemporary collective management programmes in different countries, and to identify the main factors that appear to determine success or failure at the present time.

A Political Economy of Forest Resource Use

A Political Economy of Forest Resource Use
Author: Niaz Ahmed Khan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2018-08-16
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0429875886

Published in 1998. An International monograph publishing series covering new research into the ‘green’ issues such as government, corporate and public responses to environmental hazards, the economics of green policies and the effectiveness of environmental protection programmes.

Proven Successes in Agricultural Development

Proven Successes in Agricultural Development
Author: David J. Spielman
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 648
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

The world has made enormous progress in the past 50 years toward eliminating hunger and malnutrition. While, in 1960, roughly 30 percent of the world's population suffered from hunger and malnutrition, today less than 20 percent doessome five billion people now have enough food to live healthy, productive lives. Agricultural development has contributed significantly to these gains by increasing food supplies, reducing food prices, and creating new income and employment opportunities for some of the world's poorest people.This book examines where, why, and how past interventions in agricultural development have succeeded. It carefully reviews the policies, programs, and investments in agricultural development that have reduced hunger and poverty across Africa, Asia, and Latin America over the past half century. The 19 successes included here are described in in-depth case studies that synthesize the evidence on the intervention's impact on agricultural productivity and food security, evaluate the rigor with which the evidence was collected, and assess the tradeoffs inherent in each success. Together, these chapters provide evidence of "what works" in agricultural development.

Historical Dictionary of Nepal

Historical Dictionary of Nepal
Author: Nanda R. Shrestha
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2017-02-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 144227770X

Nepal is a living example of contrasts and contradictions.It is a country that was born in medieval times, grew up in the 16th century, and now finds itself engulfed in the high-tech gadgets and material marvels of the 21st century. Nepal has its share of problem which include inadequate economic development and social infrastructure, poverty and corruption, plus worsening pollution, but now it finally has relative peace and quiet after a hasty Maoist uprising. Indeed, it has passed through several democratic elections, and finally seems to be getting on the right track. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Nepal contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Nepal.

Property Rights in a Social and Ecological Context

Property Rights in a Social and Ecological Context
Author: Susan Hanna
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821334164

The collection of papers in the book Property Rights and the Environment: Social and Ecological Issues, (6) and this companion volume examine the relationships between people, the environment, and property rights and the ways in which a given social and ecological context affects those relationships. The papers are products of a research program at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. The main objective of the program was to convene social scientists and natural scientists to address research questions in their full social and ecological dimensions.The program's participants addressed five general issues related to property rights and the environment: (1) the design of governance systems for sustainability; (2) the relationship between equity, stewardship, and environmental resilience; (3) the use of traditional knowledge in resource management, (4) the mechanisms that link people to their environments, and (5) the role played by population and poverty. This volume presents case studies that address questions of design application in those five areas.(6) Also available: Property Rights and the Environment: Social and Ecological Issues. (ISBN 0-8213-3415-8) Stock No. 13415.

Conserving Biodiversity Outside Protected Areas

Conserving Biodiversity Outside Protected Areas
Author: Patricia Halladay
Publisher: IUCN
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1995
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9782831702933

Limits to expansion of protected area systems underline the importance of seeking new ways to conserve biodiversity. The twelve case studies ranging from the High Andes to Viet Nam support the view that certain traditional agricultural and pastoral systems can succeed in attaining a sustainable level of production while at the same time maintaining both a high level of biodiversity and most functional aspects of the ecosystems.