List of Tables 9 List of Figures12 Lisf of Maps 13 Foreword by Marilyn W. Hoskins 14 Preface by William R. Burch, Jnr 17 Acknowledgments 19 1Forest Policy as a Changing Context in Asia 21 Edward L. Webb 2Decentralization and Community-based Forestry: 44 Learning from Experience Arun Agrawal and Elinor Ostrom 3The Evolution of Forest-Related Institutions in Bhutan: 68 Adaptations of Local People to the Rising State Edward L. Webb and Lam Dorji 4Integrating Informal with Formal Forest Management 93 Institutions for Sustainable Collective Action in India Rucha Ghate and Deepshikha Mehra 5Decentralization Policy and Revitalization of 128 Local Institutions for Protected Area Co-management in West Sumatra, Indonesia Yonariza and Ganesh P. Shivakoti 6Evolution, Impacts and Challenges of Community- 150 based Forestry in Nepal Ambika P. Gautant and Ganesh P. Shivakoti 7Implications of Leasehold and Community Forestry177 for Poverty Alleviation Mukunda Karmacharya, Birendra Kama and Elinor Ostrom 8 Disentangling a Complex Web: Forests, People and 209 Decentralization in Nepal Harini Nagendra, Mukunda Karmacharya and Birendm Kama 9 Evolution of Community-based Management and 232 Forest Health in Northern Thailand: Case Study of Nahai and Huai-muang Villages in Sopsai Watershed, Thawangpa District, Nan Province Nitaya Kijtewachakul, Ganesh P. Shivakoti o o and Edward L. Webb 10 Incentives of the Forest Land Allocation Process: 269 Implications for Forest Management in Nam Dong District, Central Vietnam Ngo Tri Dung and Edward L. Webb 11 Facilitating Decentralized Policies for Sustainable 292 Governance and Management of Forest Resources in Asia Ganesh P. Shivakoti and Elinor Ostrom About the Editors and Contributors 311 Index 316