Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-162) and index.

Foreword by Robert Chambers -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- PART I. INTRODUCTION. Strengthening learning in adaptive collaborative management: the potential of monitoring -- PART II. USING CRITERIA AND INDICATORS. Testing the limits of criteria and indicators in the Brazilian Amazon -- Creating monitoring with rubber tappers in Acre, Brazil. -- PART III. BUILDING ON EXISTING MONITORING SYSTEMS. Imposing indicators or co-creating meanings in Nepal -- Helping village stakeholders monitor forest benefits in Bolivia -- Tracking broom grass resources for equity in Zimbabwe -- PART IV. DEALING WITH DIFFERENCE. Monitoring with strong interests and weak incentives in Palawan, the Philippines -- Using monitoring as leverage for equal opportunity in Nepal -- Monitoring to ease forest management conflicts in Cameroon -- PART V. ADAPTING MONITORING PROCESSES. Improving forest beekeeping through monitoring in Chimaliro, Malawi -- Initiating a dynamic process for monitoring in Mafungautsi State Forest, Zimbabwe -- Learning to monitor political processes for fairness in Jambi, Indonesia -- PART VI. CONCLUSIONS. Expanding views about collaborative monitoring -- References -- Index.