Community forests for forest communities: Integrating community-defined goals and practices in the design of forestry initiatives |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Wood Sciences, University of British Columbia, Canada;2. Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia, Canada;1. Laboratoire de Géophysique, Faculté des Sciences de la Terre, de la Géographie et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, USTHB, B.P. 32 El Alia, 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Alger, Algeria;2. Departamento de Física and Centro de Geofísica Évora, Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal;1. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Vietnam, 172E Quan Thanh, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam;2. CIFOR, Jalan CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang, Bogor, Barat 16115, Indonesia, Indonesia;3. Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Kraftriket 2b, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden;4. Department of Forest Science, P.O. Box 27, Latokartanonkaari 7, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland;1. Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, Edinburgh, UK;2. Embrapa Agriculture Informatics, CEP 13083-886, Campinas, SP, Brazil |
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Abstract: | Community forestry can deliver economic, socio-cultural, and ecological benefits to rural communities, yet criticisms have arisen that community forestry remains dominated by the decision-making of offsite experts and management techniques inappropriate for some communities. We use a case study approach to ascertain the needs, wants, and current realities of selected forest communities in Brazil and Mexico, to inform bottom-up approaches to community interventions. In identifying community-defined goals, we found that other livelihood strategies, particularly agricultural practices, need to be better integrated in the planning of forestry interventions overly focused on timber production. Site-specific intervention models need to take into account the variety of contexts and community interests, rather than replicating models that have been successful in other jurisdictions. A better understanding of local perspectives can aid in the design of community forestry interventions brought by conservation and development agencies, by adding an important and under-studied perspective to the problems that face community forestry. |
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Keywords: | Community forestry Bottom-up approach Grounded approach Brazil Mexico |
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