1999-01-01 Shaping Forest Management argues that participation is now essential to contemporary forest management, details some benefits of participation, including the conservation of natural resources and the fostering of sustainable rural livelihoods, discusses the importance of effective management...
2001-01-01 This study, based on field work in India, brings out the multiplicity of debates, policies and practices that Joint Forest Management embodies.
2009-01-20 This comprehensive treatise begins with chapters on the development, ecological foundations, and the status of agroforestry in the US. Separate chapters cover technical aspects of the five major agroforestry practices, namely windbreaks, silvopastures, alley cropping, riparian forest buffers, and...
The aim of this report is to provide information about biomass that is of interest for forest and energy planners. It will mainly deal with present and potential end uses of different kinds of biomass, and with methods to estimate biomass qunatities. It will also discuss the effects of different...
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is a non-profit, scientific facility that conducts research on the most pressing challenges of forest and landscapes management around the world. With our global, multidisciplinary approach, we aim to improve human well-being, protect the...