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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"community forestry"”.
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Evaluating Community Forestry in Huai Lu Luang, Thailand
… remain problematic and inconsistent. The Royal Forestry Department (RFD) governs state forests in this politically decentralized country, with the state parlimentary government drafting, sometimes conflicting policies, to resolve conflict with forest dwellers. This study was conducted in the …
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Evaluating Community Forestry in Huai Lu Luang, Thailand
… remain problematic and inconsistent. The Royal Forestry Department (RFD) governs state forests in this politically decentralized country, with the state parlimentary government drafting, sometimes conflicting policies, to resolve conflict with forest dwellers. This study was conducted in the …
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General assessment of urban community forestry activities in Iowa 1994 to 1996
… potential impacts of these planting, programs on community forest management in Iowa communities. Objectives of this study were to: (i) measure increases in community forestry activities in Iowa towns after they received utility-based tree-planting funds, and (ii) develop base-line information on …
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Community Forestry Education in the Swan Valley, MT: Contributions of Northwest Connections' Field Program
As the community forestry movement matures, a question remains regarding what kind of educational experience nurtures and inspires people in community forestry? This thesis seeks to contribute to a better understanding of community forestry education by examining a field educational program known …
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Community Forestry Education in the Swan Valley, MT: Contributions of Northwest Connections' Field Program
As the community forestry movement matures, a question remains regarding what kind of educational experience nurtures and inspires people in community forestry? This thesis seeks to contribute to a better understanding of community forestry education by examining a field educational program known …
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Sources of Change in Community Forestry - The Roles of Learning and Beliefs in the Policy Process
Community forestry has become a prominent policy instrument over the past decades as a response to deforestation pressures and rural poverty. Its political implementation involves a complex process with a profound structural change - away from state-based forestry to locally based decision-making …
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The potential for trickle up : how local actors' experiments influence national forest policy planning
… took place as a result of experimentation with community forestry are examined. I show that learning from and sharing these experiences contributed to policy-oriented learning and influenced the formulation of new policy. I review how lessons learned from the field (e.g. local experimentation, …
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OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS TO COMMUNITY FORESTS FOR LOCAL INCOME GENERATION AND LIVELIHOOD: A CASE STUDY OF FOUR COMMUNITY FORESTS IN BUMTHANG DISTRICT, BHUTAN
Bhutan has had an active community forestry program since 2000. A key feature of the nationally organized program is the devolution of forest management and use to local residents who participate in a “Community Forestry Management Groups” (CFMG) for managing nearby community forests (CF) according …
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OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS TO COMMUNITY FORESTS FOR LOCAL INCOME GENERATION AND LIVELIHOOD: A CASE STUDY OF FOUR COMMUNITY FORESTS IN BUMTHANG DISTRICT, BHUTAN
Bhutan has had an active community forestry program since 2000. A key feature of the nationally organized program is the devolution of forest management and use to local residents who participate in a “Community Forestry Management Groups” (CFMG) for managing nearby community forests (CF) according …
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A Description of Texas Municipal Forestry Programs: How Critical Program Elements Vary According to City Size, Expenditures, and Assistance from the State
… how six critical program elements of urban and community forestry programs in Texas municipalities vary according to city size, expenditures, and assistance from Texas A&M Forest Service. The six critical program elements are 1) staffing levels, 2) tree ordinances, 3) advocacy, 4) urban forest …
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Village properties, state negotiations: Decentralization and territorialization of Senegal's forests
… tracing the evolution of one of Senegal’s first community forestry initiatives over a 17-year history, this article argues that decentralization has fixed forests in place and privatized common-property, while also disrupting the presumption of separate domains of “state” and “community”. Rather …
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Forests and Farming: An analysis of rural livelihood programs for poverty reduction in eastern Zambia
… programs at reducing rural poverty in Zambia. Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) programs in Africa have been aimed at improving livelihoods, creating tangible benefits, and increasing incomes from forests and forest products through the sustainable use and conservation of …
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Forests and Farming: An analysis of rural livelihood programs for poverty reduction in eastern Zambia
… programs at reducing rural poverty in Zambia. Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) programs in Africa have been aimed at improving livelihoods, creating tangible benefits, and increasing incomes from forests and forest products through the sustainable use and conservation of …
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To defend ourselves: common property management of forests in northern Thailand
… resources. Coupled with the inability of the forestry department to provide effective regulation within forest reserves, the result has been widespread legal and illegal exploitation of indigenous forests. Rural communities dependent on forest resources are fighting for their rights to benefit …
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Essays on the Non-market Valuation and Optimal Control of Bio-invasions in Urban Forest Resources
This dissertation consists of three essays, of which, two involve assessing the value of tree cover in urban communities and the other evaluates cooperative management of an invasive species by urban communities. The first chapter summarizes the three topics and briefly describes the motivation, …
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Park - People conflict in Langtang National Park, Nepal : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Parks and Recreation Management at Lincoln University
… by other park wildlife through implementation of community forest resource development activities in the buffer areas. Buffer zones can function as multiple-use management areas for the purposes of reducing the movement of park wildlife towards settlements, reducing encroachment of the park by the …