Routledge Handbook of Community Forestry

The Routledge Handbook of Community Forestry provides a comprehensive overview and cutting-edge assessment of community forestry, with contributions from academics, practitioners, and professionals from across the globe. It covers topics such as Indigenous forestry, conservation and ecosystem management, relationships with industrial forestry, trade and supply systems, land tenure and land grabbing, and climate change. The Handbook also focuses on governance, including multi-level governance and rights-based approaches, and the principal actors involved. It reveals the importance of the historical context and the effects of power and politics, and highlights successful examples and failures to address key challenges and potential solutions in community forestry.

Format: Hardback
Length: 552 pages
Publication date: 30 June 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Routledge Handbook of Community Forestry is a comprehensive and cutting-edge assessment of community forestry, featuring contributions from academics, practitioners, and professionals from around the world. With case studies drawn from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, the handbook provides a truly global overview of the field.

The handbook begins with an overview of the chapters and a discussion of the concept of community forestry and the key issues it addresses. These topics include Indigenous forestry, conservation and ecosystem management, relationships with industrial forestry, trade and supply systems, land tenure and land grabbing, and climate change.

The handbook also focuses on governance, examining the range of approaches employed, including multi-level governance and rights-based approaches, and the principal actors involved, from local communities and Indigenous Peoples to governments and national and international non-governmental organizations.

The handbook reveals the importance of the historical context to community forestry and the effects of power and politics on the field. It not only highlights successful examples of community forestry but also addresses failures to highlight the key challenges we are still facing and potential solutions.

The Routledge Handbook of Community Forestry is essential reading for academics, professionals, and practitioners interested in forestry, natural resource management, conservation, and sustainable development. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of the field and its potential for positive change.

Weight: 1230g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367488697