附註:Includes bibliographical references.
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia -- Municipal forest management58; A new alternative for Honduras -- Decentralized forest management policies in Guatemala -- Municipal forest management in Nicaragua58; Decentralized burdens44; centralized benefits63; -- Forest management in Brazil39;s Amazonian municipalities -- Progress and challenges of municipal forest management in Costa Rica -- Conclusions -- About the authors -- Last Page.
摘要:The book was written for three different purposes: (i) better understand the types of powers assigned to municipalities to this day, (ii) better understand the increasingly important role played by municipalities in forest management, (iii) analyze the opportunities that were created and the challenges faced by the decentralization processes in the region. The book compiles findings from in-depth studies conducted in 6 countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala. It uncovers some significant forest management schemes initiated by municipalities on the regional, na.