The study examines the economic and financial incentives for various groups of forest users in India, to participate in Joint Forest Management (JFM) arrangements, that is the management of forest resources by government forest departments and local communities. An analytical method is developed...

The study aims to provide a better understanding of the ways in which forest resources are used in Nepal. Its focus is to examine systematically the costs and benefits of present and possible future sustainable and biodiversity-friendly management practices from household, national, and global...

The purpose of this study is to understand the legal and policy constraints and opportunities in each of the 17-carbon fund (CF) countries affecting women's land and forest tenure. The study also explores women's ability to exercise land and forest rights in statutory and customary systems; how...