This chapter reviews the literature on natural resource decentralization with an emphasis on
forests in developing countries. This literature can be located at the intersection between …

The particular characteristics of natural resources make the decentralisation of their
management to elected local governments even more complex than the decentralisation of …

This book explores the emerging forms and functions of contemporary mobile borders. It
deals with issues of security, technology, migration and cooperation while addressing the …

This book emerged from a long-held belief by the editors and many other academic
observers that many tourism dynamics in the developing world are quite different from those …

Democratic Decentralization of Natural Resources Democratic Decentralization of Natural
Resources Page 1 Jesse C. Ribot WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE Democratic …

Ecotourism can be an incentive for conservation, especially when it triggers positive
economic change. Yet it introduces many changes to communities: positive and negative …

INTRODUCTION DEMOCRACY AND NATURAL RESOURCES determination (Mair 1936,
13). The language of earlier decentralizations included laudable goals that we would be …

One of the core elements of tourism development is to encourage local communities'
participation as it is central to the sustainability of tourism industry. While the literature …

Local governments are increasingly important actors in forest management. More than 60
countries say that they are decentralizing some aspect of natural resources management …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the intrinsic components of wine tourism
products that satisfy the consumers and analyze the economic development of wine regions …