Lessons from Forest Decentralization The Earthscan Forest Library Series Editor: Jeffrey A. Sayer The Forest Certification Handbook 2nd edition Ruth Nussbaum and Markku Simula The Forest Landscape Restoration Handbook Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken, Stewart Maginnis and Alastair Sarre (eds) Forest Quality: Assessing Forests at a Landscape Scale Nigel Dudley, Rodolphe Schlaepfer, Jean-Paul Jeanrenaud, William Jackson and Sue Stolton Forests in Landscapes: Ecosystem Approaches to Sustainability Jeffrey A. Sayer and Stewart Maginnis (eds) Forests, People and Power: The Political Ecology of Reform in South Asia Oliver Springate-Baginski and Piers Blaikie (eds) Illegal Logging: Law Enforcement, Livelihood and the Timber Trade Luca Tacconi (ed) Lessons from Forest Decentralization: Money, Justice and the Quest for Good Governance in Asia-Pacific Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Ganga Ram Dahal and Doris Capistrano (eds) Logjam: Deforestation and the Crisis of Global Governance David Humphreys Plantations, Privatization, Poverty and Power: Changing Ownership and Management of State Forests Mike Garforth and James Mayers (eds) Policy that Works for Forests and People: Real Prospects for Governance and Livelihoods James Mayers and Stephen Bass The Politics of Decentralization: Forests, Power and People Carol J. Pierce Colfer and Doris Capistrano The Sustainable Forestry Handbook 2nd edition Sophie Higman, James Mayers, Stephen Bass, Neil Judd and Ruth Nussbaum Lessons from Forest Decentralization Money, Justice and the Quest for Good Governance in Asia-Pacific Edited by Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Ganga Ram Dahal and Doris Capistrano London • Sterling, VA First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2008 Copyright © CIFOR, 2008 All rights reserved ISBN: 978-1-84407-555-3 Typeset by JS Typesetting Ltd, Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan Printed and bound in the UK by TJ International, Padstow Cover design by Susanne Harris For a full list of publications please contact: Earthscan Dunstan House 14a St Cross Street London EC1N 8XA Tel: +44 (0)20 7841 1930 Fax: +44 (0)20 7242 1474 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.earthscan.co.uk 22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166-2012, USA Earthscan publishes in association with the International Institute for Environment and Development A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lessons from forest decentralization : money, justice, and the quest for good governance in Asia-Pacific / edited by Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Ganga Ram Dahal, and Doris Capistrano. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-84407-555-3 (hardback) 1. Forest management—Asia. 2. Forest management—Asia—Citizen participation. 3. Forest policy—Asia. I. Colfer, Carol J. Pierce. II. Dahal, Ganga Ram. III. Capistrano, Doris. SD219.L47 2008 333.75095—dc22 2007041629 The paper used for this book is FSC-certified and totally chlorine-free. FSC (the Forest Stewardship Council) is an international network to promote responsible management of the world’s forests. Contents List of Figures, Tables and Boxes List of Contributors Foreword by M. S. Kaban Acknowledgements 1 Setting the Stage: Money and Justice in Asian and Pacific Forests Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Ganga Ram Dahal and Moira Moeliono vii xi xv xvii 1 2 From Decentralization to Governance: Recurring Issues Christian Küchli 17 3 Governance, Tenure and Equity in Asia-Pacific Forests Lesley Potter 23 4 A Different Vantage Point: Decentralization, Women’s Organizing and Local Forest Management Seema Arora-Jonsson 5 Community Forestry in Nepal: Decentralized Forest Governance Ganga Ram Dahal and Apsara Chapagain 6 Policies and Programme to Make Dece