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Forestry for Sustainable Rural Development
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Forestry for Sustainable Rural Development




Describes how woodland communities in Asia are using community forestry to raise incomes and protect the environment.

Ford Foundation
1998
70 pages


Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part One: Overview Approaches the Ford Foundation Has Supported in the Field of Community Forestry in Asia
Introduction
What Is Community Forestry?
History of Ford Foundation Involvement in Community Forestry in Asia
Elements of Community Forestry Supported by the Ford Foundation
Part Two: the Elements of Community Forestry Access and Rights to Forest Products and Land for Local People
Distribution of Rights Between Governments and Forest Users
A Village Questions Its Share of the Benefits
Distribution of Rights Among Communities of Forest Users
Distribution of Rights Within Communities of Forest Users
What Happens When the Resource Becomes Valuable?
Conflict Between Neighboring Communities and the Role Of the Forest Department As Mediator
Community-Based Organizations for Forest Management
Developing a Community-Based Organization
Differing Levels of Autonomy
New Partnerships for Forest Management in India: the Criteria for Change
Federations As a Means to Strengthen the Power of Local Organizations
Multiple-Use Management of the Forest Resource
Agroforestry
Natural Forest Regeneration
Nontimber Forest Products
Women's Involvement in the Collection, Management, And Marketing of Nontimber Forest Products in West Bengal
Institutional Change and New Collaborative Relationships
Forest Departments: Providing an Institutional Base For Community Forestry
Nongovernmental Organizations and Research Institutions: Their Roles
The Development and Application of New Social Science Methodologies in Community Forestry
Participatory Research Methods
Mapping Customary Land Use to Resolve Forest Boundary Conflicts, Long Uli Village, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Process Documentation: a Research Method for Institutional Change
Incorporating Social Science Approaches in Training And Education
Part Three Conclusion
Important Lessons
Key Challenges
The Path to Sustainable Development
Abbreviations
Ford Foundation Offices