Community forest is very much the fashion in forest policy and discourse. The majority of countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America now have policies that refer to community ownership or user rights, and arrangements for co-management. The experiences of some of these countries - India and Nepal in particular - have been analysed in imense detail, and with strong focus on social and institutional aspects. This volume focuses on the experiences of one country in the round. Chapters contribute analyses of history and policy, social processes, ecology and land use change, and economics. It is the outcome of a project comprising a series of studies of the aspects in Mexico and hence has a natural integrity resulting from the contributors' mutual purpose and history of working together.
