Integrating ecological and socioeconomic criteria in a GIS-based multicriteria-multiobjective analysis to develop sustainable harvesting strategies for Mexican oregano Lippia graveolens Kunth, a non-timber forest product

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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