Smallholders, Forest Management and Rural Development in the Amazon : The Earthscan Forest Library - Benno Pokorny

Smallholders, Forest Management and Rural Development in the Amazon

By: Benno Pokorny

Hardcover | 17 May 2013 | Edition Number 1

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The ongoing debate concerning the Amazon's crucial role in global climate and biodiversity is entirely dependent upon sustainable development in the region. Recognizing that forests are an integral part of the social fabric in the region, initiatives such as community forestry, small-scale tree plantations and agroforestry, as well as payments for environmental services have aimed at conserving the natural forest landscape. At the same time these attempt to protect and enhance the well-being of poor local smallholders including indigenous groups, traditional communities and small farmers. 

Against this background, this book analyses numerous promising local tree and forest management initiatives taken by smallholders in the Bolivian, Brazilian, Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon to better understand the key success factors. The insights gained from more than 100 case studies analyzed by researchers from Latin-America and Europe in cooperation with local stakeholders reveal the need for critical reflection on the initiatives targeting poor Amazonian families. 

The book discusses an operational vision of rural development grounded on the effective use of smallholders' capacities to contribute to a sustainable and equitable development of the region. It provides helpful information and ideas not only for scientists, but also for development organisations, decision makers and all who are interested in one of the major challenges facing the Amazon: to combine equitable development with the conservation of its unique ecosystems.

Industry Reviews

"This is a book about profoundly good intentions, and how things didn't work out as planned, and about who bore the risks and paid the costs.While elements of it are heartening, the structural questions remain largely unsolved, and, as is often the case in the tropical world, the function, continuity and maybe even viability of field NGOs bears a sharp reprove and reexamination in the graveyard of so many failed projects. This book has a strong empirical basis of comparison and also provides insight into methodology construction and important caveats about how socially diverse Amazonia remains. It is an excellent field guide to smallfarm development in Amazonia, but it's not really for the casual reader since it assumes quite a bit of knowledge. It is a very rewarding book ..." - Susanna Hecht, University of California, Los Angeles, in The Journal of Peasant Studies.

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