scholarly journals The Developmental Experience of Forest-Dependent Communities in Developing Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lissel Hernandez
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Forest Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Livelihoods Framework ◽  
Forestry Management ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Private Forest Management

Forest management is a key element for sustained community development and climate change mitigation, especially in developing countries. This research sets out to test the hypothesis that community-based management of forests generates more community development benefits and higher forest sustainability levels than state or private sector forest management approaches. This presentation provides background on the crisis of forestry and the potential of communitybased natural resource management (CBNRM). It discusses the different forestry management approaches and presents the results of the analysis of the outcomes identified in different cases of forest management using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF). Limitations on the quality and homogeneity of the information provided by the literature reviewed did not support definitive conclusions. However, the cases analyzed suggest that community forest management might create more community development benefits and higher forest sustainability than state and private forest management. The implications for rural Ontario are the potential of CBNRM, the pertinence of the SLF and the need to have homogeneous and comparable indicators when analyzing developmental and sustainability outcomes in rural communities.

scholarly journals Private Forest Management in Tulang Bawang Barat

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Early Anatika ◽  
Hari Kaskoyo ◽  
Indra Gumay Febryano ◽  
Irwan Sukri Banuwa
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
The Social ◽  
Private Forest Management

Community forests have important values for rural communities. The purpose of this study is to determine the social and economic characteristics of the community that affect community forest management in Tulang Bawang Barat Regency. The study was conducted for 2 months in August to September 2016 in the Tulang Bawang Barat Regency, Lampung Povince. Data was collected by field observations, interviews, and questionnaires. The total number of respondents in this study was 50 respondents of community forest farmers who were taken purposively. To describe the social and economic conditions of the respondents, as well as analyze the characteristics and practices of community forest management, the data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The results showed that productive age, adequate level of education, extent of land tenure, social, ecological and economic motivations are factors that influence farmers' decisions to manage community forests. Farmers cultivate their community forest in a simple way, without using good community forest cultivation guidelines. Local government policies are very necessary to support the sustainability of community forest development, in order to achieve economic, ecological, and social needs obtained from community forest management.Keywords: social economy characteristics of community, participation, community forest farmers, rural community

scholarly journals Getting ready for REDD+ in Tanzania: a case study of progress and challenges

Oryx ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil D. Burgess ◽  
Bruno Bahane ◽  
Tim Clairs ◽  
Finn Danielsen ◽  
Søren Dalsgaard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
National Forest Inventory ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Managed Forests ◽  
Participatory Forest Management ◽  
Forest Policies ◽  
Donor Support ◽  
Management Approaches

AbstractThe proposed mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) offers significant potential for conserving forests to reduce negative impacts of climate change. Tanzania is one of nine pilot countries for the United Nations REDD Programme, receives significant funding from the Norwegian, Finnish and German governments and is a participant in the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. In combination, these interventions aim to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, provide an income to rural communities and conserve biodiversity. The establishment of the UN-REDD Programme in Tanzania illustrates real-world challenges in a developing country. These include currently inadequate baseline forestry data sets (needed to calculate reference emission levels), inadequate government capacity and insufficient experience of implementing REDD+-type measures at operational levels. Additionally, for REDD+ to succeed, current users of forest resources must adopt new practices, including the equitable sharing of benefits that accrue from REDD+ implementation. These challenges are being addressed by combined donor support to implement a national forest inventory, remote sensing of forest cover, enhanced capacity for measuring, reporting and verification, and pilot projects to test REDD+ implementation linked to the existing Participatory Forest Management Programme. Our conclusion is that even in a country with considerable donor support, progressive forest policies, laws and regulations, an extensive network of managed forests and increasingly developed locally-based forest management approaches, implementing REDD+ presents many challenges. These are being met by coordinated, genuine partnerships between government, non-government and community-based agencies.

scholarly journals Management Strategy for Private Forest development in Rancakalong District, Sumedang Regency

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Hafiz Fauzan ◽  
Endah Sulistyawati ◽  
Tien Lastini Lastini
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
High Growth ◽  
High Growth Rate ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Private Forests ◽  
Forest Sustainability ◽  
Private Forest Management

Wood is one of the natural resources needed by humans. The high growth rate of the human population causes an increase in demand for wood.  Currently, one of the largest timber producers in West Java is private forests. Fulfillment of high demand for wood should be balanced with good management, so that is not to threat private forest sustainability. One of the areas with the private forest that is still actively undertaking private forest management activities is in Rancakalong District, Sumedang Regency. This study aims to identify the current management practice of private forests and to formulate sustainable development strategies. The data was collected through questionnaires and interviews, field observation, and secondary data collection. The respondent number of private forest farmers was 98 respondents. Snowball sampling techniques were used to interview government officials, middlemen or wood dealers. The analysis results at the input have an internal total score of 2,7, which shows the condition is at the medium stage and external total score of 3,17, which shows the public response to threats and opportunities are strong enough. At the matching stage, the result is that the management of private forest is the second quadrant, which means that the private forest is entering the growth stage. The study result shows that the first priority to be implemented in the Rancakalong private forest is to establish farmer organizations.Keywords: private forest, management, strategic, Rancakalong

scholarly journals Conservation Activities of Women in Nyangores Forest Station, Mau Conservancy, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39
Author(s):  
Jared Bitange ◽  
Peter Sirmah ◽  
Thomas Matonyei
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Conservation ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Tree Seedling ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Women's Role

Community-based forest management has increasingly gained popularity in many parts of developing countries. Although the roles of women in forest conservation, management and sustainable utilisation, as well as livelihood improvement, are of paramount importance, it is still scarce and unaddressed in new forest management approaches. Structured questionnaires were administered to 248 Nyangores community forest association members to capture the forest conservation activities of women, determine their role in community forest management and evaluate their socio-economic benefits. Results indicate tree seedling propagation (87.1%), monitoring and evaluation (M&E) (85.1%), and protection of regenerates (84.7%) as the major forest conservation activities. Minor roles included timber harvesting (22.9%), enrichment planting, silvicultural operations (12.9%), and firefighting (8.5%). Accrued socio-economic benefits as a result of women’s role in forest management and conservation were freshwater (95.6%) and firewood (94.8%). These results suggest the incorporation of both genders as a pre-requisite for the success of community forest conservation programs in Mau Conservancy, Kenya.

scholarly journals KOMUNIKASI LINGKUNGAN DALAM MENGEMBANGKAN KELESTARIAN HUTAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ch. Herutomo ◽  
S. Bekti Istiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Environmental Communication ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Management Communication ◽  
Forest Sustainability

Forest sustainability will be maintained if there is sustainability of the ecological and economic functions of the forest, the ecological function is the fulfillment of forest resources as the carrying capacity of the environment and the economic function of the forest can improve the welfare of the community If the forest is damaged then these two functions will not be fulfilled. This is where community participation-based environmental communication is needed. The purpose of this study is to describe forest functions that require community participation which are grown through conceptual-based environmental communication. This study uses a literature study method that analyzes sources of literature studies on environmental communication, forestry, products of forestry/environment laws, and related research journals. The result of this research is that sustainable forest development through the approach of welfare and community participation as a social forest concept can be positively correlated with the sustainability of the ecological and economic functions of forest resources, so that the community has a high sense of belonging to the forest which is positively correlated with the importance of maintaining forest sustainability. The need for forest conservation requires good environmental communication that can foster public awareness and participation in institutionally sustainable forest management such as the Community Forest Management Communication Forum (FK PHBM).

scholarly journals Non-timber forest product utilization under community forest management in northern Thailand

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Siriluck Thammanu ◽  
Hee Han ◽  
Dokrak Marod ◽  
Liangzhen Zang ◽  
Yoonkoo Jung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Product ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Northern Thailand

scholarly journals Participatory assessment of biodiversity conservation in community forestry in Nepal

1970 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.P. Acharya ◽  
K.R. Goutam ◽  
B.K. Acharya ◽  
G. Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Managed Forests ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Participatory Assessment ◽  
Community Forest User Groups

The Community Forestry has been the most effective means of managing common forest resources in Nepal. Besides rehabilitating degraded hills, improving environment and contributing to the rural livelihoods, community forestry is claimed to be a major means of biodiversity conservation. It is also argued that the prevalent approach of community forest management threats to the conservation of biodiversity. This paper is based on the findings from two community forest user groups from Central Nepal and argues that the users’ innovative practices of active forest management favor biodiversity conservation. The study has documented users’ innovations to conserve biodiversity in community managed forests. Key words: Nepal, community forestry, biodiversity conservation and livelihoods Banko Janakari Vol.16(1) 2006 pp46-56

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