Governing Africa's Forests in a Globalized World Book

Foreword; 1) Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa: Linking Local, Regional and Global Dialogues; PART I : GOVERNING AFRICA'S FORESTS IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD: FRAMING THE DIALOGUE; 2) Forestry and Democratic Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Rough Review; 3) Elusive Meanings: Decentralization, Conservation and Local Democracy; 4) The New Economic 'Grand Game' in Africa and the Future of Governance Reforms in the Forestry Sector; PART II: DECENTRALIZED FOREST MANAGEMENT: FORMS AND OUTCOMES ; 5) Forest Sector Reforms, Livelihoods and Sustainability in Western Uganda ; 6) Hidden Harvest: Unlocking the Economic Potential of Community-Based Forest Management in Tanzania; 7) Gendered Representation and Participation in Decentralized Forest Management: Case Studies from Cameroon and Senegal; 8) Forest Revenue Decentralization and Profits Redistribution in Democratic Republic of Congo; 9) Governance of Decentralized Forest Revenue in Central Africa: For Better or for Worse?; 10) Local Government and Forest Resource Governance in Mali: Taxation and Decentralized Management of Forest Resources in Siby Rural Commune ; Box C: [S) Africa Inlay], 'Governance of Multi-stakeholder Forested Landscapes: The Case of Tree-Water Interactions in South Africa' ; 11) Decentralization Outcomes in the Context of Political Uncertainty in Zimbabwe: A Comparative Assessment of Co-Management and CAMPFIRE and Implications for Policy; 12) Bridging the Gap between Environmental Decision-Makers in Madagascar; ; PART III: INTERNATIONAL TRADE, FINANCE AND FOREST SECTOR GOVERNANCE REFORMS; 13) Trends in Ghana's International Timber Trade: Implications for Local Livelihoods and Sustainable Forest Management; 14) Forestry Governance and Trade Transformations: Experiences from Tanzania and Implications for Sustainable Development; 15) The AFLEG and FLEGT Processes and the Challenges of Forest Governance in African Tropical Timber Exporting Countries; 16) Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Implications for Sustainable Forest Management in the Congo Basin; 17) On the Nature of Intergenerational and Social Networks in the African Forest Sector: The Case of Chinese, Lebanese, Indian and Italian Business Networks; 18) Climate Change: What are its Implications for Forest Governance?; PART IV: CONCLUSIONS; 19) Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa: Issues and Emerging Trends.