448 Pages
by
Routledge
'Whether you are a seasoned conservationist or forestry professional, an aspiring student or simply a concerned citizen, this book is for you'
David Kaimowitz, Director General, CIFOR
Arrangements for the governance and management of forests have been changing rapidly in recent decades. The post-Rio period has been one of unprecedented re-examination of what the world's forest resources consist... Read more
Challenging the Myths: What is Really Happening in the World's Forests * Part I: The Forest Resource * Forests and Development: Where Do We Stand * Proximate Causes and Underlying Driving Forces of Tropical Deforestation * Who Owns the World's Forests? Forest Tenure and Public Forests in Transition * Part II: Forests and Livelihoods * Poverty Alleviation and Tropical Forests: What Scope for Synergies? * Can Non-timber Forest Products Match Tropical Forest * Conservation and Development Objectives? * What Future for the Peoples of the Tropical Forests? * Part III: Threats and Opportunities * Forest Law Enforcement and Rural Livelihoods * The Case for Bushmeat as a Component of Development Policy: Issues and Challenges * Reassessing the Fuelwood Situation in Developing Countries * Forest Fires: A Global Overview * Part IV: The Challenge of Sustainable Management * Public Policies to Reduce Inappropriate Tropical Deforestation * Technologies for Sustainable Forest Management: Challenges for the 21st Century * Sustainable Forestry in the Tropics: Panacea or Folly? * Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity: The Case for Intermediate-Sized Conservation Areas * Harnessing Carbon Markets for Tropical Forest Conservation: Towards a More Realistic Assessment * Reinventing a Square Wheel: Critique of a Resurgent 'Protection Paradigm' in International Biodiversity Conservation * Part V: The Way Forward: Forestry for the Future * Ecology for Tropical Forest Management * From Meeting Needs to Honouring Rights: The Evolution of Community Forestry * A Strategic Approach to Multistakeholder Negotiations * Protect, Manage and Restore: Conserving Forests in Multifunctional Landscapes * Where Next? Adapting Forest Institutions to Meet New Challenge *
Biography
Jeffrey Sayer is Senior Associate of WWF International's Forests for Life Programme and was Founding Director General of CIFOR (1993 2001)
