1st Edition
The Complex Forest Communities, Uncertainty, and Adaptive Collaborative Management
Edited By Carol J.P. Colfer
Copyright 2005
382 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Complex Forest systematically examines the theory, processes, and early outcomes of a research and management approach called adaptive collaborative management (ACM). An alternative to positivist approaches to development and conservation that assume predictability in forest management, ACM acknowledges the complexity and unpredictability inherent in any forest community and the importance of... Read more
One: Introduction; Two: ACM's Intellectual Underpinnings; Three: Complexity, Change, and Uncertainty; Four: Seven Analytical Dimensions; Five: Creativity, Learning, and Equity; Six: Devolution; Seven: Forest Type and Population Pressure; Eight: Management Goals; Nine: Human Diversity; Ten: Conflict and Social Capital; Eleven: Catalyzing Creativity, Learning, and Equity; Twelve: Commentary and Conclusions
Biography
Carol J. Pierce Colfer is a team leader of the CIFOR program on Local People, Devolution, and Adaptive Collaborative Management of Forests. She is a coeditor of People Managing Forests: The Links between Human Well-Being and Sustainability and Which Way Forward: People, Forests, and Policymaking in Indonesia.
'A significant contribution because of the richness of its material, its critique of simplistic approaches to understanding factors in forest management, its clear and compelling writing style, and the range and significance of the sites that it studies.' Diane Russell, Senior Scientist, World Agroforestry Centre
