Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Asia, Volume 1 : Sustainable Natural Resources Management in Dynamic Asia

__Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Asia, Volumes 1-4__ brings together scientific research and policy issues across various topographical area in Asia to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the region. __Sustainable Natural Resources Management in Dynamic Southeast Asia, Volume 1__, pulls together regional experts in the field to look specifically at sustainability issues across the region, to see what has been implemented, what the impacts have been, and what other options are available. In the race to be a developed region, many Southeast Asian countries have foregone natural resources through haphazard use. As a result, the people are faced with numerous environmental challenges, particularly deforestation and forest degradation, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, reduction in soil quality, and decreases in the quantity of available water. Community-based forest management is the involvement of local communities in the protection, conservation and management of public forests to prevent degradation through sustainable practices while still responding to the basic social and economic needs of local populations. When the people who depend on forest resources for their livelihoods are jointly responsible for managing and protecting them, they tend to do so in a more sustainable manner by focusing on the long-term benefits rather than the immediate short-term gains. However, when tenure rights are weak, unclear, or insecure, or offer limited benefits, people are incited in extracting more immediate benefits, resulting in suboptimal forest management and the reduction of carbon stocks. * Features case studies that cover issues such as rising levels of deforestation, forest degradation, regional food security, ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss, conflicts over natural resource use, water management issues, and impacts on local communities * Includes contributions from local researchers who are dealing with these issues first hand, and on a daily basis * Includes a comparative review on REDD+ implementation in different communities * Focuses on sustainability issues across the region Content: Front Matter,Copyright,Contributors,Words From Book Editors,Foreword,PrefaceEntitled to full textI: Introduction and Conceptual BackgroundChapter 1 - Challenges of Sustainable Natural Resources Management in Dynamic Asia, Pages 3-12, G. Shivakoti, R. Ullah, U. Pradhan Chapter 2 - Theoretical Advances in Community-Based Natural Resources Management: Ostrom and Beyond, Pages 13-40, K.K. Shrestha, H.R. Ojha Chapter 3 - Governing the Commons Through Understanding of Institutional Diversity: An Agenda for Application of Ostrom’s Framework in Managing Natural Resources in Asia, Pages 41-52, R.C. Bastakoti, G. Shivakoti Chapter 4 - Challenges of Polycentric Water Governance in Southeast Asia: Awkward Facts, Missing Mechanisms, and Working with Institutional Diversity, Pages 55-66, B. Bruns Chapter 5 - Modeling Effect of Conservation and Livelihood Policies on Community Land Use and Management in Yogyakarta, Pages 67-90, Partoyo, R.P. Shrestha Chapter 6 - Social Insecurity, Natural Resources, and Legal Complexity, Pages 91-112, F. von Benda-Beckmann, K. von Benda-Beckmann Chapter 7 - High Resolution of Three-Dimensional Dataset for Aboveground Biomass Estimation in Tropical Rainforests, Pages 115-130, W.V.C. Wong, S. Tsuyuki Chapter 8 - Integrating Social Entrepreneurship in the Design Principles of Long-Enduring Irrigation Management Institutions: A Lesson From the Karya Mandiri Irrigation System in West Sumatra, Indonesia, Pages 131-139, Helmi, B.A. Rusdi Chapter 9 - Land Rights and Land Reform Issues for Effective Natural Resources Management in Indonesia, Pages 141-155, M.T. Sirait, B. White, U. Pradhan Chapter 10 - Dynamics and Effectiveness of the Multistakeholder Forum in Promoting Sustainable Forest Fire Management Practices in South Sumatra, Indonesia*, Pages 157-174, E. Achyar, D. Schmidt-Vogt, G. Shivakoti Chapter 11 - Collaborative Governance of Forest Resources in Indonesia: Giving Over Managerial Authority to Decision Makers on the Sites, Pages 175-187, M.A. Sardjono, M. Inoue Chapter 12 - Coastal Water Pollution and Its Potential Mitigation by Vegetated Wetlands: An Overview of Issues in Southeast Asia, Pages 189-230, R. Cochard Chapter 13 - Scaling the Costs of Natural Ecosystem Degradation and Biodiversity Losses in Aceh Province, Sumatra, Pages 231-271, R. Cochard Chapter 14 - Targeting Deforestation Through Local Forest Governance in Indonesia and Vietnam, Pages 273-288, T.D. Ngo, Mahdi Chapter 15 - Prospect of Sustainable Peatland Agriculture for Supporting Food Security and Mitigating Green House Gas Emission in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Pages 291-303, A. Surahman, G. Shivakoti, P. Soni Chapter 16 - Decentralization of Forest Management, Local Institutional Capacity, and Its Effect on Access of Local People to Forest Resources: The Case of West Sumatra, Indonesia, Pages 305-319, Mahdi, G. Shivakoti, M. Inoue Chapter 17 - Can Uplanders and Lowlanders Share Land and Water Services? (A Case Study in Central Java Indonesia), Pages 321-330, I. Andriyani, D. Jourdain, G. Shivakoti, B. Lidon, B. Kartiwa Chapter 18 - The Role of Information Provision on Public GAP Standard Adoption: The Case of Rice Farmers in the Central Plains of Thailand, Pages 331-350, D. Jourdain, S. Srisopaporn, S. Perret, G. Shivakoti Chapter 19 - A Multiple Case Study on Analyzing Policy and Their Practice Linkages: Implications to REDD+, Pages 351-368, S. Sharma, G. Shivakoti Chapter 20 - Managing Dynamic Natural Resources in 21st Century in Asia, Pages 371-385, R. Ullah, G. Shivakoti, Helmi Index, Pages 387-395

Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Asia, Volumes 1-4 brings together scientific research and policy issues across various topographical area in Asia to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the region.

Sustainable Natural Resources Management in Dynamic Southeast Asia, Volume 1, pulls together regional experts in the field to look specifically at sustainability issues across the region, to see what has been implemented, what the impacts have been, and what other options are available. In the race to be a developed region, many Southeast Asian countries have foregone natural resources through haphazard use. As a result, the people are faced with numerous environmental challenges, particularly deforestation and forest degradation, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, reduction in soil quality, and decreases in the quantity of available water.

Community-based forest management is the involvement of local communities in the protection, conservation and management of public forests to prevent degradation through sustainable practices while still responding to the basic social and economic needs of local populations. When the people who depend on forest resources for their livelihoods are jointly responsible for managing and protecting them, they tend to do so in a more sustainable manner by focusing on the long-term benefits rather than the immediate short-term gains. However, when tenure rights are weak, unclear, or insecure, or offer limited benefits, people are incited in extracting more immediate benefits, resulting in suboptimal forest management and the reduction of carbon stocks.

• Features case studies that cover issues such as rising levels of deforestation, forest degradation, regional food security, ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss, conflicts over natural resource use, water management issues, and impacts on local communities
• Includes contributions from local researchers who are dealing with these issues first hand, and on a daily basis
• Includes a comparative review on REDD implementation in different communities
• Focuses on sustainability issues across the region

Front Cover -- Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Asia: Sustainable Natural Resources Management in Dyn ... -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Words From Book Editors -- Context -- Volume 1 -- Volume 2 -- Volume 3 -- Volume 4 -- 1 Background -- 2 Objectives of These Volumes -- References -- Foreword -- Preface -- Section I: Introduction and Conceptual Background -- Chapter 1: Challenges of Sustainable Natural Resources Management in Dynamic Asia -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Impacts of Economic and Financial Crises on Natural Resource Management in Asia 1.3 Decentralization and the Need for Collaborative Natural Resources Management -- 1.4 Carbon Governance and GHG Emission Reduction Mechanisms: Need for Community Participation -- 1.5 Ford Foundation Initiatives for Academic Collaboration -- 1.5.1 Lessons Learned From the Program -- 1.6 Issues Related to Natural Resource and Its Management in Asia -- 1.7 Brief Outline and Summary of Issues Addressed in the Volume -- Section I: Introduction and Conceptual Background -- Section II: Theoretical Issues -- Section III: Learning from the Field: Cases/Issues -- Section IV: Looking Forward Section V: Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Theoretical Advances in Community-Based Natural Resources Management: Ostrom and Beyond -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Ostrom's Work on Collective Action and Governance of Common Pool Resources -- 2.3 Situating Ostrom in Relation to Advances on Collective Action Theory -- 2.3.1 The Question of Embeddedness -- 2.3.2 Political Ecology -- 2.3.3 Decentralization -- 2.3.4 Equity and Social Justice -- 2.3.5 Participation -- 2.4 Expanding Ostrom's Approach: Deliberative Governance and Critical Action Research -- 2.4.1 Deliberative Governance 3.3.1 Overview of Long-Term Research Collaboration With Professor Ostrom -- 3.3.2 Application of Design Principles -- 3.3.3 Application of ADICO Syntax -- 3.4 Further Applications/Agendas -- References -- Section II: Theoretical Issues -- Chapter 4: Challenges of Polycentric Water Governance in Southeast Asia: Awkward Facts, Missing Mechanisms, and Working wit ... -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Awkward Facts -- 4.2.1 Village Irrigation -- 4.2.2 Big Basins -- 4.2.3 Hydraulic Bureaucracies -- 4.2.4 Subsidy Politics -- 4.3 Missing Mechanisms -- 4.3.1 Special Districts -- 4.3.2 Courts 2.4.2 Enhancing Deliberative Governance Through Critical Action Research -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3: Governing the Commons Through Understanding of Institutional Diversity: An Agenda for Application of Ostrom's F ... -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Theoretical Contribution -- 3.2.1 Understanding When Collective Action Can Be Effective -- 3.2.2 Design Principles to Govern the CPRs -- 3.2.3 Understanding the Institutional Diversity -- 3.2.4 Understanding the Complexity of Socioecological Systems -- 3.3 Empirical Applications of the Frameworks "Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Asia, Volumes 1-4 brings together scientific research and policy issues across various topographical area in Asia to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the region."--Page 4 of covers