Title: Decentralisation and biodiversity management : opportunities to improve UNDP-GEF projects

Authors: Clairs, Tim

Place: Oslo

Publisher: United nations development programme (UNDP). Oslo governance centre

Year: 2006

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, natural resources, environmental management, nature conservation, genetic resources

Abstract: The paper reviews why decentralization and biodiversity management should be mutually reinforcing and why this has not materialized. Changes in UNDP’s Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded biodiversity projects are suggested to take advantage of the opportunities.

URL: http://www.eldis.org/vfile/upload/1/document/1201/DecentralisationBiodiversity_UNDP_GEF.pdf

Document type: E-article