Multi-level forest governance in Asia concepts, challenges, and the way forward

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List of TablesList of FiguresForeword - Yukio IkemotoI: INTRODUCTIONMulti-level Forest Governance in Asia: An Introduction - Makoto Inoue, Ganesh P Shivakoti and Hemant R Ojha II: SOUTH ASIABangladesh: Do Changes in Policy Ensure Good Forest Governance? - Tapan K Nath, Mohammed Jashimuddin and Makoto InoueIndia: Determinants and Challenges of Sustainable Forest Governance - Madhusudan Bandi and P.K Viswanathan Nepal: Evaluating Different Forest Management Regimes - Ganesh P Shivakoti, Birendra K Karna, Ambika P Gautam and Makoto InoueSri Lanka: Forest Governance of Community-based Forest Management - Mangala De Zoysa, W D Lakmi Saubhagya and Makoto InoueBhutan: Forest Resources Management and Conservation in and Outside Protected Areas - Om Katel and Dietrich Schmidt-VogtIII: SOUTH-EAST ASIAIndonesia I: Review of Local Community Dimensions of Forest Policies - Mustofa Agung Sardjono and Ndan ImangIndonesia II: Customary Land Tenure in East Kalimantan - G Simon DevungIndonesia III: Characteristics of Forest Management Policy in West Sumatra - Yonariza, Ganesh P Shivakoti, Mahdi, Tri Martial and Yolamalinda Malaysia: Governance and Community Participation in Forestry - A Ainuddin NuruddinPhilippines: Multi-tired Forest Governance System on Uneven Playing Field - Juan M Pulhin, Rose Jane J Peras and Maricel A TapiaThailand: Context and Outcomes of Community Forestry in Two Western Provinces - Edward L Webb and Demis Galli Vietnam: Implications of Community-based Forest Management for Sustainable Forest Governance - Tran Nam Thang and Ganesh P ShivakotiLaos: Local Communities and Involvement of External Stakeholders - Kimihiko HyakumuraIV: EAST ASIAChina: Mechanism Design of Community Co-management in Forest Governance - Huilan Wei, Ting Zhu, Haiyun Chen and Ganesh P Shivakoti Korea: Conditions for Sustainability of Traditional Village Woods Maeulsoop - Koo Ja-Choon, Kweon Deogkyu and Youn Yeo-Chang Japan I: Histories of 'Property Wards (Zaisanku)' and 'School Forests (Gakkou-rin) - Haruo Saito and Taro Takemoto Japan II: Implications of the Commons for Endogenous Development of a Mountain Village - Hironori Okuda and Makoto Inoue V: SYNTHESIS AND THE WAY FORWARDTowards an Effective Policy for Forest Management in Asia - Ganesh P Shivakoti, Makoto Inoue, Juan M Pulhin, Shubhechchha Sharma, Edward L Webb and Tapan K Nath About the Editors and ContributorsIndex