Download or read book The Structure Functioning and Organisational Interaction of Community Based Forest Management System written by Bipul Kumar Rabha and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India has been following the Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) system since 1990 in the form of Joint Forest Management (JFM). The data of Forest Survey of India shows that the regions where the JFM system is implemented has not improved the forest cover whereas there is improvement in forest cover in the regions where no JFM committee exists. This means that there is a failure of the CBFM system in the state. The failure of the Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) is linked to the organizational structure and functioning of these JFMCs. This study points to the array of conflicts between the actors involved in forest conservation activities viz., the JFMCs and Traditional Forest Protection Committees, the Nominees of Forest Department and Local JFMC functionaries, and JFMCs and the Forest Dependent Households. These conflicts explain the reasons for lack of cooperation between the actors and emphasize the need to provide the forest dependent people not a nominal participant role but a more substantive role in defining the purpose and the process of forest conservation.

Download or read book Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems written by Christian Messier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management. It explores how these concepts can be applied in various forest biomes of the world with their different ecological, economic and social settings, and history. Individual chapters stress different elements of these concepts based on the specific setting and expertise of the authors. Regions and authors have been selected to cover a diversity of viewpoints and emphases, from silviculture and natural forests to forest restoration, and from boreal to tropical forests. The chapters show that there is no single generally applicable approach to forest management that applies to all settings. The first set of chapters provides a global overview of how complexity, CAS and resilience theory can benefit researchers who study forest ecosystems. A second set of chapters provides guidance for managers in understanding how these concepts can help them to facilitate forest ecosystem change and renewal (adapt or self-organize) in the face of global change while still delivering the goods and services desired by humans. The book takes a broad approach by covering a variety of forest biomes and the full range of management goals from timber production to forest restoration to promote the maintenance of biodiversity, quality of water, or carbon storage.

Download or read book General Technical Report NE written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proceedings of the 1997 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium written by Hans G. Vogelsong and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Basic Community Organizing Handbook for Community based Forest Management Programs written by Philippines. Department of Environment and Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Forest Dynamics and Conservation written by Manoj Kumar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book unveils forestry science and its policy and management that connect past and present understanding of forests. The aggregated knowledge is presented to cover the approaches adopted in studying forest structure, its growth, functioning, and degradation, especially in the context of the surrounding environment. The application of advance computation, instrumentation, and modelling has been elaborated in various chapters. Forest ecosystems are rapidly changing due to forest fires, deforestation, urbanization, climate change, and other natural and anthropogenic drivers. Understanding the dynamics of forest ecosystems requires contemporary methods and measures, utilizing modern tools and big data for developing effective conservation plans. The book also covers discussion on policies for sustainable forestry, agroforestry, environmental governance, socio-ecology, nature-based solutions, and management implication. It is suitable for a wide range of readers working in the field of scientific forestry, policy making, and forest management. In addition, it is a useful material for postgraduate and research students of forestry sciences.

Download or read book Proceedings of the 1996 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium written by Walter F. Kuentzel and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dictionary of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences written by Kailash Chandra Bebarta and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Organizational Resistance to Community based Forest Management in Forest Department India microform written by Sushil Kumar and published by Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. This book was released on 2004 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major objective of this study is to examine suitability of the bureaucratic management principles to the community-based forest management (CBFM), and to conceptualize and investigate three different types of organizational resistance to the CBFM, in four Indian state Forest Departments (FD). Using perceptions of the foresters and structural modeling techniques, three theoretical models are tested and variations across the four states and three management levels are explored. In the first model, the construct of organizational bureaucracy is construed as comprising of hierarchical rigidity, centralization of powers, non-participatory decision-making, and organizational rigidity, while acceptability of CBFM is composed of structural acceptability, cultural acceptability, and organizational support. The results reveal a high degree of incongruity between these two constructs that varies across the states but is uniform across the management levels. These differences suggest that the uniform organizational reforms, across states, pursued by the Government of India may prove counter productive. The final model consists of two dimensions of resistance to change (structural resistance and cultural resistance) and four categories of resistance factors (organizational, service related, personal, and environmental factors). Empirical results confirm the existence of structural and cultural resistance, and reveal that the foresters perceive greater resistance in the organizational structure than in the organizational culture. The results indicate that organizational bureaucratization is the major causal factor of structural resistance, while innovative culture has the most mitigating influence on 'cultural' resistance. The second model examines two dimensions of attitudinal resistance---disapproval of the CBFM systems by the foresters at an individual level and at organizational level, and four categories of causal factors of resistance---personality traits, service related features, external environmental factors, and socialization factors. The study suggests that members of the four state FDs of India have less resistance at an individual level, but show high resistance to the implementation of CBFM by the organization. Results further suggest that fear of losing prestige and authority is a major cause of resistance at the personal level, while hierarchical attitude is a primary causal factor of resistance to organizational level implementation. Some of the causal factors of both kinds of resistance show dissimilar effects across the four states and also across the management levels.

Download or read book Property Rights in a Social and Ecological Context written by Susan Hanna and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection of papers in the book Property Rights and the Environment: Social and Ecological Issues, (6) and this companion volume examine the relationships between people, the environment, and property rights and the ways in which a given social and ecological context affects those relationships. The papers are products of a research program at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. The main objective of the program was to convene social scientists and natural scientists to address research questions in their full social and ecological dimensions.The program's participants addressed five general issues related to property rights and the environment: (1) the design of governance systems for sustainability; (2) the relationship between equity, stewardship, and environmental resilience; (3) the use of traditional knowledge in resource management, (4) the mechanisms that link people to their environments, and (5) the role played by population and poverty. This volume presents case studies that address questions of design application in those five areas.(6) Also available: Property Rights and the Environment: Social and Ecological Issues. (ISBN 0-8213-3415-8) Stock No. 13415.

Download or read book Forty years of community based forestry written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2016 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1970s and 1980s, community-based forestry has grown in popularity, based on the concept that local communities, when granted suffi­cient property rights over local forest commons, can organize autonomously and develop local institutions to regulate the use of natural resources and manage them sustainably. Over time, various forms of community-based forestry have evolved in different countries, but all have at their heart the notion of some level of participation by smallholders and community groups in planning and implementation. This publication is FAO’s fi­rst comprehensive look at the impact of community-based forestry since previous reviews in 1991 and 2001. It considers both collaborative regimes (forestry practised on land with formal communal tenure requiring collective action) and smallholder forestry (on land that is generally privately owned). The publication examines the extent of community-based forestry globally and regionally and assesses its effectiveness in delivering on key biophysical and socioeconomic outcomes, i.e. moving towards sustainable forest management and improving local livelihoods. The report is targeted at policy-makers, practitioners, researchers, communities and civil society.

Download or read book Planning for Forest Resources and Biodiversity Management written by Kailash Chandra Bebarta and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Structure Functioning and Management of Ecosystems written by A. J. Cavé and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers or abstracts of papers given at the various sessions of the congress.

Download or read book Linking Social and Ecological Systems written by Fikret Berkes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-04-13 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is usually the case that scientists examine either ecological systems or social systems, yet the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the problems of environmental management and sustainable development is becoming increasingly obvious. Developed under the auspices of the Beijer Institute in Stockholm, this new book analyses social and ecological linkages in selected ecosystems using an international and interdisciplinary case study approach. The chapters provide detailed information on a variety of management practices for dealing with environmental change. Taken as a whole, the book will contribute to the greater understanding of essential social responses to changes in ecosystems, including the generation, accumulation and transmission of ecological knowledge, structure and dynamics of institutions, and the cultural values underlying these responses. A set of new (or rediscovered) principles for sustainable ecosystem management is also presented. Linking Social and Ecological Systems will be of value to natural and social scientists interested in sustainability.

Download or read book Analysis of Stakeholder Power and Responsibilities in Community Involvement in Forest Management in Eastern and Southern Africa written by Edmund G. C. Barrow and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2002 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Guidelines for Developing Testing and Selecting Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management written by Ravi Prabhu and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preparing for C&I testing. C&I testing procedures. Follow-up analysis. The conceptual basis of C&I development. Three case studies. Literature and further reading.