Legal frameworks for forest management in Asia : case studies of community/state relations

Abstract

Papers in this volume were prepared for a workshop sponsored by the EAst-West Center Program on Environment and the Ford Foundation from November 4-6, 1991, in Bali, Indonesia. Contents: The legal framework for joint management of forest lands in India / Mark Poffenberger, Chhatrapati Singh -- 2. Forest protection committees in West Bengal, India / S.B. Roy -- 3. Contractual agreements in the Java social forestry program / Frances J. Seymour, Danilyn Rutherford -- 4. A strategy for saving the Madhupur Sal Forest in Bangladesh -- 5. Development assistance and property rights in the Philippine Uplands / Donna Z. Gasgonia -- 6. Strengthening community stewardship agreements in the Philippines / Jefferson R. Plantilla -- 7. Legal issues in forest land management in Northeast Thailand / Viyouth Chamruspanth -- 8. Drafting a new community forest act in Thailand / Weera Attanatho -- 9. Community forestry legislation in Thailand: an NGO perspective / Yos Santasombat -- 10. The legal case for social forestry in the production forests of Indonesia / Sopari Wangsadidjaja, Agus Djoko Ismanto -- 11. Toward community-based forestry and recognition of Adat property rights in the outer islands of Indonesia / Sandra Moniaga -- 12. Differential access to resources and conflict resolution in a forest concession in Irian Jaya / Iwan Tjitradjaja -- The Parieri land dispute: a case study from Biak / Augustinus Rumansara, Decky Rumwaropen -- 14. Contractual agreements for community-based social forestry programs in Asia / Frances J. Seymour, Danilyn Rutherford.