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In Kumaon in northern India, villagers set hundreds of forest fires in the early 1920s,
protesting the colonial British state's regulations to protect the environment. Yet by the …

The term “access” is frequently used by property and natural resource analysts without
adequate definition. In this paper we develop a concept of access and examine a broad set …

Decentralization has emerged as an important instrument of environmental and
development policy in the last two decades. Presumed benefits of environmental policy …

In this far-reaching examination of environmental problems and politics in northern Thailand,
Tim Forsyth and Andrew Walker analyze deforestation, water supply, soil erosion, use of …

Protected areas are a key tool for conservation policy but their economic impacts are not
well understood. This paper presents new evidence about the local effects of strictly …

Nearly 90 percent of the earth's land surface is directly affected by human infrastructure and
activities, yet less than 5 percent is legally" protected" for biodiversity conservation--and …

The growth economies of Southeast Asia are presented by the World Bank and others as
exemplars of development-'miracle'economies to be emulated. How did the region attain …

The World Conservation Union (IUCN) plays a global leadership role in defining different
types of protected areas, and influencing how protected area systems develop and are …

Protected areas vary enormously in their contribution to conserving biodiversity, and the
inefficiency of protected area systems is widely acknowledged,,. However, conservation …