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There are positive and negative feed-back links between forestry and poverty. The role of forests as part of a rural development strategy is much debated in literature. We have explored this role and links for a montane forest village in East China using official historical data and our own field...


Gutiérrez Rodriguez, L.Ruiz Perez, M.Yang, XiaoshengFu, MaoyiGeriletuWu, D.[The changing contribution of forests to livelihoods: evidence from Daxi Village, Zhejiang Province, China]The changing contribution of forests to livelihoods: evidence from Daxi Village, Zhejiang Province, China

The rapidly growing biofuel sector in Africa has, in recent years, been received with divided interest. As part of a contemporary wave of agricultural modernization efforts, it could make invaluable contributions to rural poverty. Conversely, it could also engender socioeconomically and environme...


Schoneveld, G.C.German, L.Nutakor, E.[Land-based Investments for rural development?: A grounded analysis of the local Impacts of biofuel feedstock plantations in Ghana]Land-based Investments for rural development?: A grounded analysis of the local Impacts of biofuel feedstock plantations in Ghana

This chapter reviews Central America's experience with regional collaborative policy research efforts focusing on rural issues, with particular emphasis on natural resources issues. It first presents a historical description of these efforts. Regional rural policy research began with the institut...


Kaimowitz, D.Murrar, A.[Resena historica de la investigacion sobre politicas en Centro America]Resena historica de la investigacion sobre politicas en Centro America
Mandondo, A.Prabhu, R.Matose, F.[Coping amidst chaos: Studies on Adaptive Collaborative Management from Zimbabwe]Coping amidst chaos: Studies on Adaptive Collaborative Management from Zimbabwe
Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

Approximately 25 millon people live in the main forested regions of Latin America. The forestry sector there directly provides two or three million jobs and perhaps another three or four million people work in related activities. Many poor households use fuelwood, hunt wild animals, and benefit f...


Kaimowitz, D.[Pobreza y bosques en America Latina: una agenda de accion]Pobreza y bosques en America Latina: una agenda de accion
Kowero, G.S.[The challenge to natural forest management in Sub-Saharan Africa rural development: experiences from the miombo woodlands of Southern Africa]The challenge to natural forest management in Sub-Saharan Africa rural development: experiences from the miombo woodlands of Southern Africa

In Vietnam, as in many developing countries, there is an emerging interest in knowing to what extent and in what ways poverty alleviation can be achieved through use of forest resources, and to what extent poverty alleviation and maintenance or expansion of forest cover are compatible goals. This...


Sunderlin, William D.Huynh Thu Ba[Poverty alleviation and forests in Vietnam]Poverty alleviation and forests in Vietnam

In Vietnam, as in many developing countries, there is an emerging interest in knowing to what extent and in what ways poverty alleviation can be achieved through use of forest resources, and to what extent poverty alleviation and maintenance or expansion of forest cover are compatible goals. This...


Sunderlin, William D.Huynh Thu Ba[Giam ngheo va ru'ng o Viet Nam]Giam ngheo va ru'ng o Viet Nam
Shanley, P.García Fernandez, C.[Bosques tropicales y poblaciones rurales: promoviendo un nuevo paradigma en la region amazonica]Bosques tropicales y poblaciones rurales: promoviendo un nuevo paradigma en la region amazonica

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