Chapter 1. Introduction: Sundarbans Forest and the Gendered Context of Cyclones Aila and Sidr -- Chapter 2. Theoretical Approaches: Gendered Knowledge in Forest, Ecology and Environment -- Chapter 3. Methods and Methodology -- Chapter 4. Narratives of the Sundarbans Forest at Shora -- Chapter 5. Women’s perceptions of and behaviours toward the Sundarbans forest -- Chapter 6. Survival at Shora…
Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. The definition and meaning of sustainable forest management -- Chapter3. The reasons for the lack of sustainably managed forests at present -- Chapter4. Policy and the political will -- Chapter5. Institutions and policy instruments required to ensure forests are managed sustainably -- Chapter6. Land rights issues and rural poverty -- Chapter7. The sustainabil…
Sustainability, Institutions, and Forest Management -- Epilogue -- Institutions, Sustainable Forest Management, and Post-Newtonian Economics -- In Search of Optimal Institutions for Sustainable Forest Management: Lessons from Developed and Developing Countries -- Modern Economic Theory and the Challenge of Embedded Tenure Institutions: African Attempts to Reform Local Forest Policies -- Organiz…
Economics, Sustainability, and Forest Management -- Complexity, Ethics, and the Economics of Sustainable Forest Management -- Complexity, Muddling Through, and Sustainable Forest Management -- Inter-Temporal Ethics, Modern Capital Theory and the Economics of Sustainable Forest Management -- Consumer Choice Theory and the Economics of Sustainable Forest Management -- Post-Keynesian Consumer Choi…
Importance of Tropical Forests -- Characteristics of Tropical Forests -- Classification of Tropical Forests -- Deforestation in the Tropics -- Management of Tropical Forests -- Plantations and Agroforestry Systems -- Approaches for Implementing Sustainable Management Techniques -- Conclusions.Research in tropical forestry is confronted with the task of finding strategies to alleviate pressure o…
Forest Landscape Restoration in Context -- Overview of Forest Restoration Strategies and Terms -- Impact of Forest Loss and Degradation on Biodiversity -- The Impacts of Degradation and Forest Loss on Human Well-Being and Its Social and Political Relevance for Restoration -- Restoring Forest Landscapes in the Face of Climate Change -- Restoration as a Strategy to Contribute to Ecoregion Visions…
Professionalization of Forest Sector Policy Making -- Interests and Conflicts in the Forest Sector -- Programs for Forest Protection and Utilization -- Forest Users: Owners, Workers & Employees, and the General Population -- Associations and Political Parties -- Government and Administration -- Informational Instruments -- Economic Instruments -- Regulatory Instruments -- Land-Use Planning -- P…
Increasing Climate Variability and Change: Reducing the Vulnerability -- Foreword -- Climate Variability and Change: Past, Present and Future — an Overview -- Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability and Change on Agriculture and Forestry in the Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics -- Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability on Agriculture and Forestry in the Humid and Sub-Humid Tropi…
About the publishing Institution -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures.-List of Tables.-List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction of Editors -- Part I Food Security Versus Environmental and Socio-Economic Dynamics -- Part II Climate, Water, Soil and Agriculture: Managing the Linkages -- Part III Forest Management from a Climate Change and Sustainability Perspective -- Postf…
Terraced Agro-systems in west Anti-Atlas (Morocco): incidence of climate change and prospects for sustainable development -- Increasing pulse consumption to improve human health and food security and to mitigate climate change: a case study on the consumption of pulses in a food service setting -- Ecosystem services and incentive mechanisms for environmental preservation in Brazil -- Are we mis…