Tag: state governments

• Devolution as a threat to democratic decision-making in forestry? : findings from three states in India

  Abstract: The conflict between the state devolution policy of Joint Forest Management and the exercise of democratic local control over forest management in India is examined with regard to livelihood and forest quality improvement. Author(s): Sarin, Madhu; Singh, Neera M.; Sundar, Nandini; Bhogal, Ranu K. Source(s): , Working paper / Overseas development institute (ODI); 197…

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  January 1, 2003

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  community participation, decentralization in government, decision-making, environmental management, forest management, forest policy, India, madhya pradesh, natural resources, natural resources policy, orissa, panchayat, popular participation, poverty alleviation, state governments, uttarakhand