People Managing Forests

by Colfer, Carol J. Pierce; Byron, Yvonne

• ISBN13: 9781891853067
• ISBN10: 1891853066
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

How do we extend the 'conservation ethic' to include the cultural links between local populations and their physical environments? Can considerations of human capital be incorporated into the definition and measurement of sustainability in managed forests? Can forests be managed in a manner that fulfills traditional goals for ecological integrity while also addressing the well-being of its human residents? In this groundbreaking work, an international team of investigators apply a diverse range of social science methods to focus on the interests of the stakeholders living in the most intimate proximity to managed forests. Using examples from North America, Asia, Africa, and Latin America, they explore the overlapping systems that characterize the management of tropical forests. People Managing Forestsbuilds on criteria and indicators first tested by the editors and their colleagues in the mid-1990s. The researchers address topics such as intergenerational access to resources, gender relations and forest utilization, and equity in both forest-rich and forest-poor contexts. A copublication of Resources for the Future (RFF) and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

Author Biography

Mary Ann Brocklesby is a lecturer in development studies at the University of Wales, Swansea. Katrina Brown is senior lecturer in natural resources and development at the University of East Anglia and senior research fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment. Yvonne Byron, a geographer, is an editor for Lonely Planet Publications in Australia. Carol J. Pierce Colfer, an anthropologist, is team leader of the CIFOR program on Local People, Devolution, and Adaptive Collaborative Management of Forests. Rona A. Dennis is an expert in remote sensing and geographical information systems. Norbert Gami is an anthropologist with extensive experience in Central Africa. Mario Gunter recently completed his doctoral degree at the Geography Department of the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Emily Harwell, a social ecologist, is a doctoral candidate at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies of Yale University. Sandrine Lapuyade, a socioeconomist with a focus on natural resource management Cynthia L. McDougall is a social science research fellow at CIFOR in Indonesia Robert Nasi, a silviculturist with strong ecological leanings, is the team leader of CIFOR's biodiversity program. Noemi Miyasaka Porro is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Anthropology of the University of Florida. Roberto Porro is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Anthropology of the University of Florida. Ravi Prabhu, a tropical forester, was leader of CIFOR's project, Assessing Sustainable Forest Management: Testing Criteria and Indicators Atie Puntodewo works at CIFOR, where she supports research relating to mapping. Diane Russell, an anthropologist, works for the U.S. Agency for International Development Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and for the Central African Regional Program for the Environment. Agus Salim is a statistician at CIFOR and is continuing his graduate studies in statistics at University College Cork, Ireland. Ismayadi Samsoedin is a forester at FORDA, Indonesia's Forestry Research Agency in Bogor. Mustofa Agung Sardjono is a faculty member at Universitas Mulawarman (UnMul) in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Joseph A. Tainter is project leader of Cultural Heritage Research in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Nicodeme Tchamou, a botanist, heads the focal-point office of the Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) Bertin Tchikangwa, a sociologist, works in southeast Cameroon as community conservation officer with the World Wide Fund for Nature. Anne Marie Tiani, an ecologist and botanist, serves as an advisor to CAPED, a national nongovernmental organization recently created in Mbalmayo, Cameroon Reed L. Wadley, an anthropologist, is a research fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands Joseph Woelfel is a professor of communication at the State University of New York, Buffalo Eva (Lini) Wollenberg is a community-based management specialist at CIFOR.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors	ix
Acknowledgements	xiii
Dedication	xiv
Introduction History and Conceptual Framework	1	(49)
Carol J. Pierce Colfer
Yvonne Byron with
Ravi Prabhu
Eva Wollenberg
SECTION ONE Gender and Diversity in Forest Management
Gender and Diversity in Assessing Sustainable Forest Management and Human Well-Being
Reflections on Assessment Methods Tests Conducted in Bulungan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia	50	(22)
Cynthia L. McDougall
The Place of Rural Women in the Management of Forest Resources
The Case of Mbalmayo and Neighboring Areas in Cameroon	72	(18)
Anne Marie Tiani
Changing Gender Relationships and Forest Use
A Case Study from Komassi, Cameroon	90	(26)
Katrina Brown
Sandrine Lapuyade
SECTION TWO A Conservation Ethic in Forest Management
Traditional Knowledge and Practice of Biodiversity Conservation
The Benuaq Dayak Community of East Kalimantan, Indonesia	116	(19)
Mustofa Agung Sardjono
Ismayadi Samsoedin
Assessing People's Perceptions of Forests
Research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia	135	(20)
Carol J. Pierce Colfer
Joseph Woelfel
Reed L. Wadley
Emily Harwell
In Search of a Conservation Ethic	155	(95)
Agus Salim
Mary Ann Brocklesby
Anne Marie Tiani
Bertin Tchikangwa
Mustofa Agung Sardjono
Roberto Porro
Joseph Woelfel
Carol J. Pierce Colfer
SECTION THREE Security of Intergenerational Access to Resources
Intergenerational Equity and Sharing of Benefits in a Developing Island State
Research in Trinidad	171	(19)
Mario Gunter
Assessing Intergenerational Access to Resources
Using Criteria and Indicators in West Kalimantan, Indonesia	190	(24)
Carol J. Pierce Colfer
Reed L. Wadley
Emily Harwell
Ravi Prabhu
Sustainability and Security of Intergenerational Access to Resources
Participatory Mapping Studies in Gabon	214	(15)
Norbert Gami
Robert Nasi
Soil Fertility and the Generation Gap
The Bene of Southern Cameroon	229	(21)
Diane Russell
Nicodeme Tchamou
Access to Resources in Forest-Rich and Forest-Poor Contexts	250	(72)
Roberto Porro
Anne Marie Tiani
Bertin Tchikangwa
Mustofa Agung Sardjono
Agus Salim
Carol J. Pierce Colfer
Mary Ann Brocklesby
SECTION FOUR Rights and Responsibilities to Manage Cooperatively and Equitably
From ``Participation'' to ``Rights and Responsibilities'' in Forest Management
Workable Methods and Unworkable Assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia	278	(22)
Carol J. Pierce Colfer
Reed L. Wadley
Rights and Means to Manage Cooperatively and Equitably
Forest Management among Brazilian Transamazon Colonists	300	(22)
Noemi Miyasaka Porro
Rights to Manage Cooperatively and Equitably in Forest-Rich and Forest-Poor Contexts	322	(67)
Bertin Tchikangwa
Mary Ann Brocklesby
Anne Marie Tiani
Mustofa Agung Sardjono
Roberto Porro
Agus Salim
Carol J. Pierce Colfer
SECTION FIVE Comparisons: Geographical and Temporal
Sustainable Rural Communities
General Principles and North American Indicators	347	(15)
Joseph A. Tainter
Forest Cover Change Analysis as a Proxy
Sustainability Assessment Using Remote Sensing and GIS in West Kalimantan, Indonesia	362	(27)
Rona A. Dennis
Carol J. Pierce Colfer
Atie Puntodewo
Conclusion Concluding Remarks and Next Steps	389	(6)
References	395	(30)
Index	425