Communities and Sustainable Forestry in Developing Countries
Title | Communities and Sustainable Forestry in Developing Countries PDF eBook |
Author | William Ascher |
Publisher | |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
Sustainable Forestry Challenges for Developing Countries
Title | Sustainable Forestry Challenges for Developing Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Matti Palo |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 383 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9400915888 |
This book is an outcome of a research project on "Sustainable Forestry and the Environment in Developing Countries". The project has been run by Metsantutki muslaitos METLA -the Finnish Forest Research Institute since 1987 and will be completed this year. A major output by this project has so far been a report in three volumes on "Deforestation or development in the Third World?" The purpose of our multidisciplinary research project is to generate new knowl edge about the causes of deforestation, its scenarios and consequences. More knowledge is needed for more effective, efficient and equitable public policy, both at the national and intemationallevels in supporting sustainable forestry in develop ing countries. Our project has specifically focused on 90 tropical countries as one group and on three subgroups by continents, as well as the three case study countries, the Philippines, Ethiopia and Chile. The University of Joensuu has been our active partner in the Philippine study. We have complemented the three cases by the analyzes of Brazil and Indonesia, the two largest tropical forest-owning countries. Some other interesting country studies were annexed to complement our book both by geography and expertise. The United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research, UNUIWIDER in Helsinki Finland has also been partly engaged. Most of the results from its project on "The Forest in the South and North in Context of Global Warming" will, however, be published later in a separate book.
Community Participation and Sustainable Forest Development
Title | Community Participation and Sustainable Forest Development PDF eBook |
Author | Ajoy Kumar Bhattacharya |
Publisher | Concept Publishing Company |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Forest management |
ISBN | 9788170228905 |
Steps to Sustainable Forestry Success
Title | Steps to Sustainable Forestry Success PDF eBook |
Author | Meaghan Hawes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Community forests |
ISBN |
Community-based forest management (CBFM) is an approach that involves small-scale community owned and managed forestry that is drawing serious attention for its applicability to achieving sustainable forest practices. In this paper, I research the question: What factors explain the success and failure of CBFM in developing countries? Thirty-four case studies of CBFM in 14 developing countries were reviewed and statistically analyzed. A total of 47 independent factors were found to significantly influence the outcome (success or failure) of these CBFM experiments, of which the most important determinants of success were: the comprehensiveness and objectives of the management plan, land tenure, ownership and property rights, types of support, participation (in particular that of women), perceptions (project confidence, perceived tangible benefits, social capitol, environmental concern, and equality between community members), agricultural and land management systems used (use of agroforestry techniques, rehabilitation of degraded lands), national community based forest management policy, community governance and law, socio-economic attributes, and the degree of decentralization. These factors were then used to develop steps to sustainable forestry success as a guide to the initiation and development of successful community based forest management in developing countries.
Forest Resources and Sustainable Development
Title | Forest Resources and Sustainable Development PDF eBook |
Author | Kailash Chandra Bebarta |
Publisher | Concept Publishing Company |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Forest management |
ISBN | 9788180690952 |
This Book Presents A Detailed Account Of Global Forest Resources And Principles Of Sustainable Development. It Will Be Useful For Researchers, Students, Professionals And Policy Makers.
Forests in Landscapes
Title | Forests in Landscapes PDF eBook |
Author | Stewart Maginnis |
Publisher | Earthscan |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1849771383 |
'At last a really useful book telling us how all the rhetoric about ecosystem approaches and sustainable forest management is being translated into practical solutions on the ground? CLAUDE MARTIN, WWF INTERNATIONAL For too long, foresters have seen forests as logs waiting to be turned into something useful. This book demonstrates that forests in fact have multiple values, and managing them as ecosystems will bring more benefits to a greater cross-section of the public? JEFFREY A. MCNEELY, CHIEF SCIENTIST, IUCN This book demonstrates that ecosystem approaches and sustainable forest management] are neither alternative methods of forest management nor are they simply complicated ways of saying the same thing. They are both emerging concepts for more integrated and holistic ways of managing forests within larger landscapes in ways that optimize benefits to all stakeholders? ACHIM STEINER AND IAN JOHNSON, FROM THE FOREWORD Recent innovations in Sustainable Forest Management and Ecosystem Approaches are resulting in forests increasingly being managed as part of the broader social-ecological systems in which they exist. Forests in Landscapes reviews changes that have occurred in forest management in recent decades. Case studies from Europe, Canada, the United States, Russia, Australia, the Congo and Central America provide a wealth of international examples of innovative practices. Cross-cutting chapters examine the political ecology and economics of forest management, and review the information needs and the use and misuse of criteria and indicators to achieve broad societal goals for forests. A concluding chapter draws out the key lessons of changes in forest management in recent decades and sets out some thoughts for the future. This book is a must-read for practitioners, researchers and policy makers concerned with forests and land use. It contains lessons for all those concerned with forests as sources of people's livelihoods and as part of rural landscapes. Published with IUCN and PROFOR
Communities and Forest Management
Title | Communities and Forest Management PDF eBook |
Author | IUCN Working Group on Community Involvement in Forest Management |
Publisher | IUCN |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9782831703602 |
This handbook is designed for staff in protected areas around the world who encounter conflicts of all kinds. It presents a framework and strategies for responding to different types of conflicts, along with case studies that describe a variety of approaches for dealing with conflict.