Barbara Wyckoff-Baird, Andrea Kaus, Catherine A. Christen, and Margaret Keck This study set out to understand how decentralization of decision making and management authority affects biodiversity conservation. At the hear of this research are two questions: - whether decentralization empowers the people living in most direct contact with natural resources, and, - if this power shift does occur, whether it is likely to result in environmental policies and management practices that reduce threats to biodiversity. The six case studies presented are:
Botswana, Mexico, Bolivia, Guatemala, Panama, and the United States.
BSP 001 / 2000 / 50 pages |
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