NTFP program development: Indigenous community forestry with a focus on non-timber forest products. A literature synthesis, sustainability assessment, and program development recommendations
A literature review of indigenous NTFP or community forestry programs and a subsequent “sustainability” assessment were conducted. The goal of this study was to assist the Makah Tribe in identifying what program elements contribute to developing a sustainable indigenous NTFP or community forestry pr...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
01-01-2004
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| Summary: | A literature review of indigenous NTFP or community forestry programs and a subsequent “sustainability” assessment were conducted. The goal of this study was to assist the Makah Tribe in identifying what program elements contribute to developing a sustainable indigenous NTFP or community forestry program. Four community forestry programs from Indonesia, Tanzania, Cambodia and Nepal were evaluated utilizing a set of “generic sustainability test criteria”. The assessment identified the Indonesian and Tanzanian programs as having better met the sustainability criteria. Based on study results for all four programs, recommendations for developing a sustainable indigenous community forestry program were developed. Sustainable NTFP or community forestry programs appear to center around maintaining or re-establishing traditional indigenous resource management systems and in some instances collaborative management approaches to program development. However, significant differences from political, economic and social aspects exist between the tropical or subtropical programs included in this study and that of indigenous NTFP or community forestry programs situated within the “Western world”. Consequently, when reviewing the findings of this study, the Makah Tribe will need to consider their particular political, economic and social characteristics. Factors to be considered range from their industrial based forest management methods, the loss of ownership of some of their traditional land-base, alternative employment opportunities, or available financial assistance for the unemployed and the loss of some of their traditional indigenous knowledge regarding NTFPs. |
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| ISBN: | 0612876845 9780612876842 |