Overview
- Demonstrates the importance of representation, participation and decentralization in the relationship between climate change and forestry governance
- Critically explores the different types of political representation in forest governance and their potential to strengthen participation
- Offers an invaluable resource to policy makers, NGOs and local communities involved in various types of forestry projects
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Natural Resource Management (PSNRM)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This edited collection assesses governance in forestry programmes and projects, including REDD+ governance. It examines political representation, participation and decentralisation in forest governance, providing insight as to how forest governance arrangements can be responsive to the socio-economic interests of local people and communities who live adjacent to and depend on forests.
Global Forest Governance and Climate Change argues that inclusive complementary representation of local communities is required for strong participatory processes and democratic decentralisation of forest governance. Responsiveness to local people’s socio-economic interests in forestry initiatives require paying attention to not just the hosting of participatory meetings and activities, but also to the full cast of appointed, self-authorized, and elected representative agents that stand, speak, and act for local people.
This book will be of interest to students and academicsacross the fields of climate change governance, forestry, development studies, and political economy. It will also be a useful resource for policy makers and practitioners responsible for forestry and climate change initiatives.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Emmanuel O. Nuesiri is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Potsdam, Germany, and a Research Affiliate with the Cline Center for Democracy, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA. His research interests include democratic decentralisation, participation, and political representation in climate change and forestry initiatives such as REDD+.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Forest Governance and Climate Change
Book Subtitle: Interrogating Representation, Participation, and Decentralization
Editors: Emmanuel O. Nuesiri
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Natural Resource Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71946-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71945-0Published: 16 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10133-6Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71946-7Published: 07 March 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-4331
Series E-ISSN: 2946-434X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 322
Topics: Environmental Policy, Environment Studies, Environmental Management, Sustainable Development, Environmental Geography