Forests and rural development
This book provides an overview of the complex challenges and opportunities related to forest-based rural development in the tropics and subtropics. Applying a socio-ecological perspective, the book traces the changing paradigms of forestry in rural development throughout history, summarizes the majo...
| Other Authors: | Pretzsch, Jürgen, 1954-, Darr, Dietrich,, Uibrig, Holm,, Auch, Eckhard,, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berlin :
Springer,
[2014]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xv, 393 page) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
Tropical forestry ;
9. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- paradigms
- the challenges facing forest-based rural development in the tropics and subtropics
- land management systems at the interface between forestry and agriculture
- organizational changes in forest management
- creating rural employment and generating income in forest-based value chains
- at the interface of culture, development and forests: insights from bolivia and kenya
- extension services for rural development
- payment schemes for environmental services
- challenges and pitfalls with respect to effectiveness, efficiency and equity
- financing forests for rural development
- land use planning for sustainable forestry
- forest governance and sustainable rural development
- prospects for forest-based rural development.