The Complex Forest: Communities, Uncertainty, and Adaptive Collaborative Management

ISBN-13: 9781933115139 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 384 str.

Carol J. Pierce Colfer

Opis

The Complex Forest systematically examines the theory, processes, and early outcomes of a research and management approach called adaptive collaborative management (ACM). An alternative to positivist approaches to development and conservation that assume predictability in forest management, ACM acknowledges the complexity and unpredictability inherent in any forest community and the importance of developing solutions together with the forest peoples whose lives will be most affected by the outcomes. Building on earlier work that established the importance of flexible, collaborative approaches to sustainable forest management, The Complex Forest describes the work of ACM practitioners facing a broad range of challenges in diverse settings and attempts to identify the conditions under which ACM is most effective.

Spis treści

One: Introduction; Two: ACM's Intellectual Underpinnings; Three: Complexity, Change, and Uncertainty; Four: Seven Analytical Dimensions; Five: Creativity, Learning, and Equity; Six: Devolution; Seven: Forest Type and Population Pressure; Eight: Management Goals; Nine: Human Diversity; Ten: Conflict and Social Capital; Eleven: Catalyzing Creativity, Learning, and Equity; Twelve: Commentary and Conclusions

O autorze

Carol J. Pierce Colfer is a team leader of the CIFOR program on Local People, Devolution, and Adaptive Collaborative Management of Forests. She is a coeditor of People Managing Forests: The Links between Human Well-Being and Sustainability and Which Way Forward: People, Forests, and Policymaking in Indonesia.