Forests to Fight Poverty
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Creating National Strategies
Ralph Schmidt; Edited by Joyce Berry and John Gordon; Foreword by James Gustave Speth
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The authors look at the relationships between forests and poverty; examine successes and failures in agroforestry, the development and maintenance of national parks, and commercialization; and assess the impact on forests of rural poor families, land ownership, and property rights. The authors also describe the importance of cooperation and partnerships at local, regional, and national levels in the creation of forest strategies, and they urge nations to use a locally based approach appropriate to the biology and culture of the specific geographic location.
Contributors to this volume:
Charles Benbrook, Joyce K. Berry, John C. Gordon, Calestous Juma, Ruben Guevara, Tapani Oksanen, David Pearce, Nancy Peluso, Ralph Schmidt, John Spears
“This book should prove an invaluable tool to anyone in the development community, particularly those setting off for their first project.”—Donna Dekker-Robertson, The Quarterly Review of Biology
"There is much basic information for advancing sustainable human development via forestry in developing countries in this book. . . . Highly useful for educators in the fields of economic and human development, international forestry, and those interested in world poverty alleviation; volunteers in help programs such as the Peace Corps will also benefit by it. . . . All levels."—Choice
“Environmentalists as well as students of development studies will find the book and interesting starting point to the field of forestry management.”—Beverly L. Peters, South African Journal of International Affairs
Publication Date: July 11, 1999
23 b/w illus.
