Includes bibliographical references and index. Bagadion, B. C. Jr., Contreras, A. P., Leonen, M. M.V.F., Malayang III, B. S., Severino, H. G., & Vitug, M. D. (2000). Forest policy and politics in the Philippines: The dynamics of participatory conservation. Manila, Philippines: Ateneo de Manila University Press and The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.

Towards participatory conservation: an introduction -- Chapter 1: Forest policy and national politics -- Chapter 2: The changing role of government in forest protection -- Chapter 3: NGO influence on environmental policy -- Chapter 4: The role of local stakeholders in forest protection -- Chapter 5: Social and political determinants of successful community-based forestry -- Chapter 6: Rethinking participation and empowerment in the uplands -- Chapter 7: An overview of the potential and pitfalls of participatory conservation

This title seeks to assess how effective the environmental movement in the Philippines has been at reversing decades of plunder of the country's forest resources. It looks at attempts to promote forest protection and people's participation in natural resource management. - From the Book