Decentralisation and democratic forest reforms in India: Moving to a rights-based approach

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Kumar, Kundan ^a,c   Singh, Neera M ^a   Kerr, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rights and Resources Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

Community forest management; Democratic decentralisation; Forest governance; Joint forest management; Recognition of forest rights act, India

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NATURAL RESOURCES;

DECENTRALISATION; DELEGATION OF POWER; DEMOCRATIC PROCESS; FOREST GOVERNANCE; FOREST RIGHTS; JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENTS; RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH; SECONDARY SOURCES;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES;

EID: 84920726751     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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