In this groundbreaking work, an international team of investigators apply a diverse range of social science methods to focus on the interests of the stakeholders living in the most intimate proximity to managed forests. Building on a series of criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management first tested by the editors and their colleagues in the mid-1990s, the researchers address topics such as intergenerational access to resources, gender relations and forest utilization, and equity in both forest-rich and forest-poor contexts.
People Managing Forests begins with an overview of concepts and measures of sustainability. Using examples from North America, Asia, Africa, and Latin America, the book explores the overlapping systems that characterize the management of tropical forests. With rigor, insight, and a balance of quantitative and qualitative analysis, the contributors demonstrate that the diversity of forests extends to the cultures of their human inhabitants and the relationships they have with their environment. For forest managers, social scientists, and policymakers, the result is an approach to sustainability that is more accurate, complete, and humane.
People Managing Forests is a copublication of Resources for the Future (RFF) and the Center forInternational Forestry Research (CIFOR).
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In this groundbreaking work, an international team of investigators apply a diverse range of social science methods to focus on the interests of the stakeholders living in the most intimate proximity to managed forests. Building on a series of criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management first tested by the editors and their colleagues in the mid-1990s, the researchers address topics such as intergenerational access to resources, gender relations and forest utilization, and equity in both forest-rich and forest-poor contexts.
People Managing Forests begins with an overview of concepts and measures of sustainability. Using examples from North America, Asia, Africa, and Latin America, the book explores the overlapping systems that characterize the management of tropical forests. With rigor, insight, and a balance of quantitative and qualitative analysis, the contributors demonstrate that the diversity of forests extends to the cultures of their human inhabitants and the relationships they have with their environment. For forest managers, social scientists, and policymakers, the result is an approach to sustainability that is more accurate, complete, and humane.
People Managing Forests is a copublication of Resources for the Future (RFF) and the Center forInternational Forestry Research (CIFOR).
Imprint | Resources for the Future Press (RFF Press) |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | April 2001 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | April 2001 |
Authors | Carol J. P. Colfer, Yvonne Byron |
Dimensions | 152 x 230 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 464 |
Edition | illustrated edition |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-891853-06-7 |
Barcode | 9781891853067 |
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LSN | 1-891853-06-6 |