Determinants of yield in a non-timber forest product: Copaifera oleoresin in Amazonian extractive reserves

A study on the contribution of community forest to the community income in Tana Toraja Regency was implemented with the aim of identifying the community forest contribution to owners income and formulating the effort that can be carried out for enhancing the contribution. As the result, the community forest contribution to owners income is still very low (2.94% in average). Based on analysis result, the potencial revenue of community forest farming in Tana Toraja Regency can be 2.3 larger than the present obtaining revenue. The mentioned potencial revenue can be more increased by developing a more proportional allocation of the revenue to the related farmers (related communities) Key words : Community forest, contribution, community income, forest product and benefit

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Agroforestry practices in leasehold forests in Tanahun, a Mid-hill district of Western Nepal

Banko Janakari ◽

10.3126/banko.v16i2.991 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 45-49

Author(s):

R Shakya ◽

SK Baral ◽

R Basukala ◽

S Khanal

Keyword(s):

Key Words ◽

Traditional Knowledge ◽

Poverty Alleviation ◽

Technical Information ◽

Environmental Conservation ◽

Forest Product ◽

Degraded Lands ◽

Hill District ◽

Dual Objectives ◽

Agroforestry Practices

(Author of this paper, S Khanal was omitted in error - added on 29-3-2010)Leasehold forestry in Nepal has sought to address both poverty alleviation and environmental conservation. The major agroforestry practices observed in the leasehold forests were silvopasture, hortisilviculture and Non Timber Forest Product (NTFP) cultivation. The most prominent problem to the users in adopting agroforestry practices was the lack of technical information. Some successful insights observed suggest that agroforestry has a notable potential to address dual objectives of poverty alleviation and conservation. The need to evolve sustainable mechanism for promoting agrofrorestry in degraded lands through the dissemination of useful traditional knowledge, innovative practices and improved technologies was identified. Key words: Leasehold forest; agroforestry; silvopasture; hortisilviculture; NTFP Banko Janakari Vol.16(2) 2006 pp.45-49

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Experimente und forstökonomische Fragen

Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen ◽

10.3188/szf.2012.0417 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 163 (10) ◽

pp. 417-421

Author(s):

Urs Fischbacher

Keyword(s):

Public Goods ◽

Experimental Method ◽

Forest Product ◽

Time Preferences ◽

Economic Research ◽

Timber Production ◽

Markets And Institutions ◽

Experimental Findings ◽

Forest Economic

Experiments and forest economic questions During the last decades experiments have gained great importance in economics. These experiments deal with questions that are of significance for forest economic research, too. Timber production, for example, is characterised by long-term decisions and, in addition, forestry produces important public goods. In this article the experimental method is introduced. Furthermore, experimental findings are presented, e.g., concerning time preferences and externalities, and possible applications for the study of forest product markets and institutions are outlined.

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Governing the Rainforest

10.1093/oso/9780190949389.001.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Eve Z. Bratman

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Historical Analysis ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Conservation Areas ◽

Colonial Era ◽

Hydroelectric Dam ◽

History Of ◽

Development Plans ◽

Extractive Reserves ◽

Road Paving

Sustainable development is among the foremost ideas that guide societal aspirations around the world. This book interrogates the concept through a critical lens, examining both its history and the trajectory of its manifestations in the Brazilian Amazon. The book argues that sustainable development is a concept that is better understood as involving embroilments and ongoing processes of contestation rather than a single end goal. The research offers historical analysis of Amazonian development from the colonial era into the discourse and praxis of sustainable development in contemporary times, and then illustrates the tensions of sustainable development plans that are experienced by people living in the areas geographically the closest to where those plans are being implemented. The history of the Brazilian Amazon is introduced to readers through focused discussions on the tensions between making grand plans for the region and the everyday practices and experiences of sustainable development, which involve considerably more muddling. Case studies explore agrarian reform initiatives that occur alongside road paving projects, the creation of extractive reserves and conservation areas that follow in the wake of assassinations, and the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam. While Amazonian sustainable development is a widely-accepted imperative, the research presented here shows how land use and infrastructure plans conducted in the name of sustainable development often perpetuate and reinforce economic and political inequalities.

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