Forests and Governance Programme
      A Rough Guide
      to Developing Laws
      for Regional Forest
      Management
      Jason M. Patlis
          A Rough Guide to Developing Laws
           for Regional Forest Management
                       Jason M. Patlis
        The author, Jason M. Patlis, is an expert in natural resource law and governance.
        He has worked on natural resource issues in Indonesia since 2000, originally as a
        Fulbright Senior Scholar.  Prior to that, he served for almost 10 years with the U.S.
        government, including from 1997-2000 as Majority Counsel for the Committee on
        Environment and Natural Resources of the U.S. Senate.
        He currently works as  Senior Legal Advisor for the USAID-funded Coastal Resources
        Management Project,  where he directs  the project's legal reform program in
        working with regional and national agencies and stakeholders to improve the legal
        and institutional structures for coastal and natural resource management.
        Cover photo by Herwasono Soedjito
        © 2004 by Center for International Forestry Research
        All rights reserved. Published in 2004
        Printed by Rediprint
        ISBN 979-3361-44-1
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        Center for International Forestry Research
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                         Table of Contents
                                  Acknowledgements                                                                                          iv
                                  Abstract                                                                                                   v
                                  I.  Introduction                                                                                           1
                                  II. The Existing Legal Framework                                                                           3
                                  III.Responsibilities of the Regional Governments                                                           6
                                  IV. The Principles of Developing Regional Forestry Laws                                                    8
                                  V. The Mechanics of Developing Regional Forestry Laws                                                    17
                                  VI. Conclusion                                                                                           20
                                  References                                                                                               22