FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED
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Rome, 1985
First published 1986
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CHAPTER 1: TRADITIONS OF TREE MANAGEMENT AND CULTIVATION
1.1 The Importance of Trees
1.2 Tree Products
1.3 The Role of Tree Management and Cultivation
1.4 Traditions of Tree Protection and Management
1.5 Coppicing and Pollarding
1.6 Traditions of Tree Planting and Cultivation
1.7 Traditional Agroforestry Systems
1.8 Tree Management Practices in PerspectiveCHAPTER 2: PRESSURES ON TRADITIONS OF RURAL TREE MANAGEMENT AND ON TREE AND FOREST RESOURCES
2.1 Fuelwood Gathering and Deforestation
2.2 Need for Agricultural Land
2.3 Changing Patterns of Land Ownership and Control and the Emergence of Commercial Markets
2.4 Local Constraints to Tree Growing
2.5 Lack of Control Over Use of Land
2.6 Lack of Control Over Use of Trees
2.7 Competing Uses for Land, Labour, and Capital
2.8 Social and Cultural Constraints
2.9 Constraints or Opportunities?CHAPTER 3: INTRODUCING RURAL FORESTRY INNOVATIONS
3.1 Initiatives during the Colonial Period
3.2 The Role of Rural Forestry Innovations
CHAPTER 4: IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNAL AND FARM FORESTRY
4.1 Identifying Programme Objectives
4.2 Types of Community Forestry Development Strategies
4.3 Definitions and Strategic ApproachesCHAPTER 5: COMMUNAL FORESTRY STRATEGIES
5.1 Examples of Communal Tree Growing Activities
5.1.1 Strengthening Traditional Communal Forestry Systems in Nepal
5.1.2 Introducing Tree Growing into Common Land Management in India
5.1.3 Community Choices between Land Uses in the Sahel
5.1.4 Tree Growing by Village Cooperatives in Korea5.2 Constraining Issues within Communal Forestry
5.2.1 Land and Tree Control Issues
5.2.2 Distribution of Benefits
5.2.3 Institutional and Management IssuesCHAPTER 6: FARM FORESTRY FOR HOUSEHOLD USE
6.1 Fuelwood and Other Single Product Programmes
6.2 Multiple Output Programmes
6.3 Strengthening Household Tree Management
6.4 The Scope for Farm Forestry for Household UseCHAPTER 7: FARM FORESTRY FOR THE MARKET
7.1 The Informal Wood Economy
7.2 Linking with the Formal Wood Economy
7.3 Farm Forestry on Public Lands
7.4 Equity of Access to Commercial Farm Forestry
7.5 Other Social Issues
7.6 Environmental Issues
7.7 The Scope for Farm Forestry for the Market
CHAPTER 8: PROGRAMME PLANNING AND DESIGN
8.1 Project Identification
8.2 Project Planning
8.3 Economic and Financial Analysis
8.4 Economics, Tree Growing, and the Rural Farmer
8.5 Monitoring and EvaluationCHAPTER 9: MAXIMIZING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RURAL TREE PLANTING PROGRAMMES
9.1 The Role of Forest Departments
9.2 Local Organizations
9.3 Extension Efforts
9.4 Public Information and Programme Promotion
9.5 Finding Ways of Reducing Risk
9.6 Credit Schemes for Tree Growing
9.7 Seedling Distribution Programmes
9.8 The Aggregate Support Programme