Information and communication systems for sustainable mountain forestry: a brief guide to available mechanisms and resources.

Pandey, Sanjeeva

doi:10.1079/9780851994468.0508

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“…Decentralisation refers to the devolving power of decision-making from a central authority to authorities at the lower rung of the administrative and territorial hierarchy. Decentralisation in the regime of natural resource governance encourages community participation, reconciles developmental objectives with natural resource conservation and integrates traditional/local value and wisdom into modern natural resource management practices (Berkes, 2003;Berkes & Folke, 1998;Pandey, 1998;Peter, 2000;Silori, 2007). The decentralised governance of natural resources (DGNR) supposed to ensure that the cultural and material richness of local people's relationship to natural resources is integral to decisions of resource conservation.…”

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Revisiting Decentralised Governance of Natural Resources in India: Conceptual Binaries and Restrictive Policy Design

Baral

2023

Journal of Development Policy and Practice

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In India, in the post-1990s, fresh and renewed attention has been given to promoting participatory decentralised governance of natural resources (DGNR). The current paper reviews research on the DGNR in India. The paper observes that DGNR has failed in implementing its several objectives, such as ensuring meaningful and effective local participation, incorporation of local knowledge and conservation of natural resources. The paper goes further to claim failure of DGNR in India is beyond procedural. The reasons for failure are deep-rooted in the conceptual assumption underlying policy design. The paper finds that some of the problematic conceptualisations predominantly resulted from policy designing from an objectivist strandpoint. The paper reviews the available literature on the decentralised governance in India and the state’s decentalised resource governance policies. The current paper claims that the current designing of decentralised governance of natural resources (DGNR) is restrictive in nature and limits effective participation of local community in natural resources governance. As an improvement to the current design, the paper argues for a reflexive understanding of human–nature relation to be incorporated into DGNR designing.

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confidence: 99%