Participatory Techniques for Community Forestry

Participatory Techniques for Community Forestry

Author: W. J. Jackson

Publisher: IUCN

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9782831703848

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Provides a wealth of practical tools and methods for our field workers who work with local communities in developing collaborative management of forests. While the manual focuses on participatory techniques for community forests in Nepal, many of the techniques can be readily applied to other forms of collaborative natural resource management.


Quantitative Techniques in Participatory Forest Management

Quantitative Techniques in Participatory Forest Management

Author: Eugenio Martinez-Falero

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 627

ISBN-13: 1000218783

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Forest management has evolved from a mercantilist view to a multi-functional one that integrates economic, social, and ecological aspects. However, the issue of sustainability is not yet resolved. Quantitative Techniques in Participatory Forest Management brings together global research in three areas of application: inventory of the forest variables that determine the main environmental indices, description and design of new environmental indices, and the application of sustainability indices for regional implementations. All these quantitative techniques create the basis for the development of scientific methodologies of participatory sustainable forest management.


Urban Forests and Trees

Urban Forests and Trees

Author: Cecil C. Konijnendijk

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-12-16

Total Pages: 525

ISBN-13: 354027684X

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This multidisciplinary book covers all aspects of planning, designing, establishing and managing forests and trees and forests in and near urban areas, with chapters by experts in forestry, horticulture, landscape ecology, landscape architecture and even plant pathology. Beginning with historical and conceptual basics, the coverage includes policy, design, implementation and management of forestry for urban populations.


Participatory Monitoring in Tropical Forest Management

Participatory Monitoring in Tropical Forest Management

Author: Kristen Evans

Publisher: CIFOR

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9791412634

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How to use this review; Methods; Concepts; Lessons learned; Impacts of participatory monitoring; Conclusions: looking back, looking ahead; Matrix table of case studies, methods and tools.


Partnerships for Empowerment

Partnerships for Empowerment

Author: Carl Wilmsen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-23

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1136560084

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Participatory research has emerged as an approach to producing knowledge that is sufficiently grounded in local needs and realities to support community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), and it is often touted as crucial to the sustainable management of forests and other natural resources. This book analyses the current state of the art of participatory research in CBNRM. Its chapters and case studies examine recent experiences in collaborative forest management, harvesting impacts on forest shrubs, watershed restoration in Native American communities, civic environmentalism in an urban neighborhood and other topics. Although the main geographic focus of the book is the United States, the issues raised are synthesized and discussed in the context of recent critiques of participatory research and CBNRM worldwide. The book's purpose is to provide insights and lessons for academics and practitioners involved in CBNRM in many contexts. The issues it covers will be relevant to participatory research and CBNRM practitioners and students the world over.


Uncovering the Hidden Harvest

Uncovering the Hidden Harvest

Author: Martin K Luckert

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-06-25

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1136549781

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Forests and woodlands provide an enormous range of goods and services to society, from timber and firewood to medicinal plants, watershed protection, destinations for tourists and sacred sites. Only when these are understood and valued can forests and their resources be properly managed and conserved. This work shows how the complicated network of benefits can be untangled and sets out the different approaches needed to value them. It covers the analysis of plant-based markets, non-market valuation and decision frameworks such as cost-benefit analysis.