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Decentralization and biodiversity conservation.
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BookPublisher: Washington : World Bank, 1996Subject(s): Resources Conservation | Biodiversity -- Decentralization -- Rural development//nature conservation/. -- Biodiversity -- Decentralization -- Rural development//nature conservation/. -- Biodiversity -- Decentralization -- Rural development//nature conservationSummary: This volume observes that integrated rural development projects implemented in the 1970s and 1980s have had mixed results, in part because they were administered from central project offices that had limited knowledge of local conditions and infrequent contact with rural communities. A key policy question that has emerged is whether decentralization fosters rural development and whether it does so in ways that are environmentally and socially sustainable. The volume contains 10 country studies, each including two or three best-practice case studies. Also presented are 32 projects chosen to shed light on the complex process by which rights and duties are redistributed from central public authorities to local or private ones and the implications of this process for the conservation of natural ecosystems and biodiversity.
This volume observes that integrated rural development projects implemented in the 1970s and 1980s have had mixed results, in part because they were administered from central project offices that had limited knowledge of local conditions and infrequent contact with rural communities. A key policy question that has emerged is whether decentralization fosters rural development and whether it does so in ways that are environmentally and socially sustainable. The volume contains 10 country studies, each including two or three best-practice case studies. Also presented are 32 projects chosen to shed light on the complex process by which rights and duties are redistributed from central public authorities to local or private ones and the implications of this process for the conservation of natural ecosystems and biodiversity.
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