Forest Policy and Politics in the Philippines: The Dynamics of Participatory Conservation
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| Author(s) | Utting, P. |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Reference type | Edited Book |
| Pages | 246 pp. |
| Publisher | Ateneo de Manila University Press, Manila |
Summary
This book assesses the achievements, complexities and limitations of attempts to promote forest protection and people’s participation in natural resource management. After the People Power Revolution of 1986, the Philippines gained international recognition as a country actively pursuing an agenda of people-centred sustainable development. The book asks how successful these attempts have been in reversing decades of plunder of the country’s forest resources. The contributors use case studies of policies, programmes and projects to examine the ways in which participatory approaches to natural resource management might be implemented. The book concludes that progress in participatory conservation will depend not only on the presence of supportive institutions and strucutres at local, national and international levels, but also on the existence of a coalition of social and political forces that can mobilize and maintain such a presence.
Themes
Forestry
Geographic coverage
Philippines
Related records above this one:
- United Nations Research Institute For Social Development (UNRISD) (Organisation O0099)