Forests To Fight Poverty

Author : Ralph C. Schmidt,Joyce K. Berry,John C. Gordon
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0300078455

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Forests to Fight Poverty by Ralph C. Schmidt,Joyce K. Berry,John C. Gordon Pdf

The link between poverty and deforestation in developing countries is of increasing global concern. The authors of this clear, hope-filled book explore the diverse causes of tropical deforestation and offer remedies appropriate to the biology and culture of different regions. They show how modern forestry techniques enable us to alleviate poverty without destroying forests.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251055505

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Better Forestry, Less Poverty by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

This guide suggests ways to design and implement forest-based interventions that have the greatest potential to reduce poverty. Areas for action include timber production in both natural and planted forests, non-wood forest products, woodfuel, bushmeat, agroforestry and payment for environmental services. For each topic, the guide outlines key issues, summarizes successful case studies and identifies sources of additional information. The document highlights the importance of using participatory approaches and of tailoring activities to local circumstances. Emphasis is on making changes that will improve the livelihoods of people living in or near forests, and on helping users to gain a better understanding of the forms of rural poverty and of how decisions made at the local level affect segments of poor rural communities in different ways - women, children and the elderly being the most vulnerable. The guide will be of interest to forestry and rural development practitioners and the communities they serve, including district forestry officials, extension workers, local planners and administrators, and owners of small-scale enterprises and their employees.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780821383469

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Sustaining Forests by World Bank Pdf

The World Bank's Forests Strategy, adopted in October 2002, charts a path for the Bank's proactive engagement in the sector to help attain the goal of poverty reduction without jeopardizing the environmental values intrinsic to sustainability. This strategy replaces the Bank's 1991 Forestry Strategy, and was developed on the basis of the findings of an independent review of the 1991 strategy and a two-year consultative process with development partners and stakeholders around the world. The revised strategy, Sustaining Forests, is built on three guiding pillars: harnessing the potential of forests to reduce poverty, integrating forests into sustainable economic development, and protecting global forest values. Recognizing the key role forests play in contributing to the livelihoods of people living in extreme poverty, government and local ownership of forest policies and interventions are emphasized along with the development of appropriate institutions to ensure good governance and the mainstreaming of forests into national development planning. The strategy also aims to support ecologically, socially and economically sound management of production forests by ensuring good management practices through application of safeguard procedures and independent monitoring and certification. Implementation of the strategy will center on building and strengthening partnerships with the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and other donor agencies to promote better forest conservation and management at country and global levels.

Author : Center for International Forestry Research
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Charities
ISBN : 9789791412209

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Towards Wellbeing in Forest Communities by Center for International Forestry Research Pdf

Author : William D. Sunderlin,Thu Ba Huynh
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Afforestation
ISBN : 9789793361574

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Poverty Alleviation and Forests in Vietnam by William D. Sunderlin,Thu Ba Huynh Pdf

Author : Piet Buys
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780821367360

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At Loggerheads? by Piet Buys Pdf

The report offers a simple framework for policy analysis by identifying three forest types: frontiers and disputed lands; lands beyond the agricultural frontier; and, mosaic lands where forests and agriculture coexist. It collates geographic and economic information for each type that will help formulate poverty-reducing forest policy.

Author : Nalini Kumar
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0821347624

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India by Nalini Kumar Pdf

At head of title: World Bank Operations Evaluation Department.

Author : Budy P Resosudarmo,Frank Jotzo
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789812309594

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Working with Nature against Poverty by Budy P Resosudarmo,Frank Jotzo Pdf

With its low incomes, lagging social indicators and widespread poverty, eastern Indonesia epitomizes the problems of development in Indonesia. The challenge is to advance the economy. But this means more intensive use of natural resources, placing pressure on the region's unique ecosystems. This book explores the trade-offs and synergies between development, social concerns and the environment in Papua, Maluku and East Nusa Tenggara. It is written by leading scholars and experts on the region. They investigate the dilemmas of fishing in eastern Indonesia's seas, the strategies and challenges for mining and forestry, and the efforts to tackle biodiversity conservation and climate change. The book lays out the challenges for development, public administration and public health in Papua. It maps Maluku's road to recovery from conflict. And it examines ways to alleviate poverty in the desperately poor province of East Nusa Tenggara. The book provides an overview of the economy of each of these provinces, making it an essential resource for anyone interested in the challenges of development and environment in eastern Indonesia.

Author : Robert Fisher,Stewart Maginnis,William Jackson,Edmund Barrow,Sally Jeanrenaud
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136562174

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Linking Conservation and Poverty Reduction by Robert Fisher,Stewart Maginnis,William Jackson,Edmund Barrow,Sally Jeanrenaud Pdf

'This book aims to inspire the conservation community not to regard poverty reduction as someone else's job but to take responsibility for it as part of ecosystem restoration. Though no solutions are perfect,the text and examples given offer encouraging and useful guidance.' Gill Shepherd, poverty and landscapes thematic leader, IUCN Forest Conservation Programme. 'This book could be the catalyst for a real paradigm shift - not just in capital cities and international conference centres, but also on the ground in locations where poor people are struggling to make a living.' Policy Matters (praise for the first edition). High levels of rural poverty in many of the world's ecosystems make it an ethical and practical imperative to find more equitable and realistic ways of achieving conservation. Livelihoods of the rural poor and options for conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity are so intimately entwined that they are better addressed through an integrated approach, irrespective of whether the primary motivation is one of development or one of conservation. This highly accessible book, a revised edition of the 2005 book Poverty and Conservation: Landscapes, People and Power, offers a grand overview of the issues and a conceptual framework for addressing poverty reduction in the context of conservation, and conservation in the context of poverty reduction. It will appeal to professionals working in the field as well as to students across the fields of conservation, development and sustainability. It looks at the rationale for addressing the links between conservation and poverty reduction, arguing that such a focus is both ethically essential and a source of opportunities. It alsoreviews experiences in dealing with people and conservation and identifies some key lessons and concepts. The book presents cases studies illustrating various approaches and a discussion of some of the issues that appear when implementing combined conservation and poverty reduction. The book emphasizes the importance of multiple spatial scales and negotiating trade-offs between scales. It also tackles the complex issue of institutional landscapes and the way in which changes at various institutional levels can lead to different and often more positive outcomes. The Final part summarizes some of the main features of the authors' integrated approach and identifies some of the challenges involved in efforts to combine conservation and poverty reduction. Published with IUCN - The World Conservation Union.

Author : William D. Sunderlin,Sonya Dewi,Atie Puntodewo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : CORNELL:31924108555339

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Poverty and Forests by William D. Sunderlin,Sonya Dewi,Atie Puntodewo Pdf

This paper examines poverty and deforestation in developing countries as linked problems and focuses on policies that can favour poverty alleviation in forested regions. The paper encompasses two elements: analysis of the spatial coincidence between poverty and forests, and proposed policy options for reducing poverty in forested areas. It is assumed that three key frames of reference must be borne in mind in order to produce the best possible policies: (1) the location of the rural poor and types and levels of poverty in relation to forest resources; (2) variations in the density of forest cover in relation to distance from urban areas (the von Thünen scale); and (3) variations in forest cover over time (high, low, then partial restoration) in relation to a country's forest transition experience. There are three main conclusions linked to these frames of reference. (1) Although relatively few people live in areas of high forest cover, they tend to be characterised by high rates of poverty and they are among the 'poorest of the poor'. (2) Four policy approaches are recommended for lifting people out of poverty: transfer of ownership of forest lands from governments to forest dwellers; facilitation of access to forest product markets; promotion of commercial-scale community forestry and company-community partnerships; and establishment of payments for forest environmental services that are pro-poor. Implementation of these four strategies must take into account the implications of the four von Thünen zones (periurban, agricultural mosaic, forest frontier, and relatively undisturbed forests). (3) One cannot place blind faith in economic growth and laissez-faire for reducing poverty in forested areas. Strategic policy interventions are necessary to assist the process of livelihood improvement.

Author : Deepa Pullanikkatil,Charlie M. Shackleton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319755809

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Poverty Reduction Through Non-Timber Forest Products by Deepa Pullanikkatil,Charlie M. Shackleton Pdf

This book narrates personal stories of people from around the world who have used natural products, in particular Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) as a means to come out of poverty. Ending poverty remains a major worldwide challenge and is the number one goal under the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The book fills an important knowledge gap; that of personal stories of NTFP users. This has not been part of past publications on NTFPs which tend to focus on statistics and analysis of numbers, thus, the human faces of NTFP users are missing. Narrative stories provide a wealth of data about people and their experiences rather than aggregated classifications, categories and characteristics of poverty. The objective of this book is to illustrate the poverty alleviation potential of NTFPs through documenting the personal life stories of individuals and households that lifted themselves out of poverty through trade of NTFPs. This book is for all who are interested in poverty alleviation and NTFPs.

Author : J. Luis Guasch,Pablo Tomas Spiller
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821347594

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Managing the Regulatory Process by J. Luis Guasch,Pablo Tomas Spiller Pdf

'...developing countries, complementing their far-reaching privatization programs, are engaged in deregulating various sectors of their economies and devising new regulatory frameworks for others, particularly the utilities sectors.' As economies become more open, pressures on countries to become more competitive drive the call for regulatory reform to reduce costs and foster increased productivity, competitiveness, and growth. This report provides an overview of the costs and benefits of regulation throughout the world. It provides case histories of regulation in different countries, developed and developing and in various sectors, such as, transportation, utilities, and power. It presents different strategies that were employed. Furthermore, it identifies lessons learned and lays the foundations for a best practice scenario for other countries to adopt. While the challenges to regulatory reform are considerable, so are the efforts that developing countries are making to face them. These lessons, when properly adapted to each country's own environment, can significantly increase the likelihood of effective regulation.

Author : Weizhong Zeng
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789819981915

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Poverty Alleviation Via Forest Carbon Sequestration by Weizhong Zeng Pdf

Author : R. J. Fisher
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 283170880X

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Poverty and Conservation by R. J. Fisher Pdf

Despite endorsements of the concept of sustainable development and the linking of sustainable development with the Millennium Development Goals, progress towards the eradication of poverty has been disappointing. The underlying principles of sustainable development need to be more critically and actively applied to both poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation. While recognizing the need for better integration of poverty reduction and conservation objectives by both developmental and conservation agencies, particular attention is paid to the reasons why conservation should do better in contributing to long-term sustainable development and more immediately to poverty reduction.

Author : Deepa Pullanikkatil,Charlie M. Shackleton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 331975579X

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Poverty Reduction Through Non-Timber Forest Products by Deepa Pullanikkatil,Charlie M. Shackleton Pdf

This book narrates personal stories of people from around the world who have used natural products, in particular Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) as a means to come out of poverty. Ending poverty remains a major worldwide challenge and is the number one goal under the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The book fills an important knowledge gap; that of personal stories of NTFP users. This has not been part of past publications on NTFPs which tend to focus on statistics and analysis of numbers, thus, the human faces of NTFP users are missing. Narrative stories provide a wealth of data about people and their experiences rather than aggregated classifications, categories and characteristics of poverty. The objective of this book is to illustrate the poverty alleviation potential of NTFPs through documenting the personal life stories of individuals and households that lifted themselves out of poverty through trade of NTFPs. This book is for all who are interested in poverty alleviation and NTFPs.