The forest sector has a very important role to play in Tanzania’s economy. Although, in absolute terms, their … that make Tanzania one of the richest and most bio-diverse countries. Due to such importance, forestry has variably … forests and forestry in Tanzania from the colonial to recent times. It argues that, although there has been a change in the …

heterogeneity in collective action among forest communities in the northwestern Himalayas. Heterogeneity can have important social … enhancing the positive. Based on data from 54 forest communities in Himachal Pradesh, India, this paper finds that heterogeneity …

The Massachusetts Woodlands Cooperative, LLC (MWC) is working to help members conduct sustainable forestry of the … approximately 98% of the wood fiber that its citizens consume. MWC is a forest management, processing and marketing cooperative … organized by and on behalf of forest landowners in western Massachusetts. The cooperative was envisioned in 1999, incorporated …

We study forestry in the Sámi people homeland region to understand an ongoing conflict between conventional forest … forestcover. We show that the profitability of conventional forestry is based on utilizing existing forest stands, an outcome that … husbandry, and a flexible optimization between rotation forestry (cf. clearcuts) and forestry that maintains continuous …

gain access to the benefits of the social forestry programme. We found that customary communities' dependence on forest …

-planting practices, particularly the planting of trees on field boundaries, antedate contemporary 'social forestry' interventions, and …

This study contributes to the debate on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD ) and the … relationship between land tenure and forest conservation. We investigate policies that create alternative livelihood options for … people around REDD forests who are forest users but not forest landowners by implementing a survey-based experiment in Kenya …

The objective of the paper is to analyze the risk management behavior of a non-industrial private forest owner under … practice versus a physical one. We develop a two-period model of hedging and harvesting decisions when the forest owner values … amenity services of forest. We study the properties of optimal current and future harvesting and hedging decisions. We show …