Forest resources share attributes with many other resource systems that make difficult their governance and management in a sustainable, efficient and aquitable

Tackles one of the most enduring and contentious issues of positive political economy: common pool resource management.

Many countries around the world are engaged in decentralization processes, and most African countries face serious problems with forest governance, from benefit

'This book provides an excellent overview of more than a decade of transformation in a forest landscape where the interests of local people, extractive industri