The impact of woodfuel collection on forests has been controversial and its role in rural
livelihoods and deforestation the subject of considerable debate. This study reviews the …

Definition The social construction of nature aims to emphasise that the concept of nature has
multiple meanings that vary in different socio-cultural contexts. This underlines the multiple …

This book does an exceptional job in giving an understanding of change, complexity,
uncertainty and conflict as well as their linkages, including awareness of strategies, methods …

This paper presents a comparative study of forest management across four countries in East
Africa and Latin America: Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. It focuses on one question …

The introduction of community forestry in Nepal represents an attempt to decentralize control
and instill democratic reform in the management of forest resources through the direct …

'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 …

One of the great ironies of the last 40 years is that sub-Saharan Africa, a continent of 'female
farming par excellence'(Boserup 1970), became populated, at least within much …

Based on an extensive literature and illustrated by a field survey of two Forest User Groups
in Nepal, this paper explores how participation in community forestry is affected by social …

Among South Asian countries, Sri Lanka has only recently ventured into community
management of its forests. This paper focuses on a qualitative exploration of two …

Taking the Jharkhand region of India as a case study, this article uses empirical data to
intervene in 'women, environment and development'and ecofeminist debates regarding …