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Decentralized Forest Administration

Decentralized Forest Administration is a form of forest governance in which authority, responsibility, and decision-making power over forest resources are formally transferred from central government agencies to local or regional institutions, thereby enabling community participation and localized management while maintaining national policy oversight.

98

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8.5K

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215

Authors

115

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2017–2026

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98

Recentralizing While Decentralizing: How National Governments Reappropriate Forest Resources

Jesse Ribot, Arun Agrawal, Anne Larson · World Development · 2006 · 938 citations

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Collective Action, Property Rights, and Decentralization in Resource Use in India and Nepal

Arun Agrawal · Politics & Society · 2001 · 932 citations

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Changing Governance of the World's Forests

Arun Agrawal, Ashwini Chhatre, Rebecca Hardin · Science · 2008 · 808 citations

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Does REDD+ Threaten to Recentralize Forest Governance?

Jacob Phelps, Edward L. Webb, Arun Agrawal · Science · 2010 · 573 citations

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Actor-centred power: The driving force in decentralised community based forest governance

Max Krott, Axel Bader, Carsten Schusser et al. · Forest Policy and Economics · 2013 · 319 citations · Full text

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Authors

215

  1. KA
    Krister Andersson

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    8 publications · 858 citations

    8

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  2. AA
    Arun Agrawal

    University of Michigan, United States

    6 publications · 3.5K citations

    6

    h-index

  3. CJ
    Carol J. Pierce Colfer

    Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia

    4 publications · 158 citations

    4

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  4. AL
    Anne Larson

    Center for International Forestry Research, Peru

    4 publications · 1K citations

    4

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  5. MI
    Makoto Inoue

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    3 publications · 62 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

115

  1. Center for International Forestry Research

    Bogor, Indonesia

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    279 citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    4.5K citations

  3. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    653 citations

  4. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    943 citations

  5. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    192 citations

  6. Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    170 citations

  7. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    475 citations

  8. World Resources Institute

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    1K citations

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Venues

  1. World Development

    10 publications · 1.8K citations

    10

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  2. Forest Policy and Economics

    FPE · 10 publications · 739 citations

    10

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  3. The International Forestry Review

    6 publications · 171 citations

    6

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  4. European Journal of Development Research

    4 publications · 270 citations

    4

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  5. Global Environmental Change

    3 publications · 491 citations

    3

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