Public Policies and Management of Rural Forests

Most people in forest and rural areas manage trees as part of their livelihood systems. The resulting "domestic" or "rural" forests are distinct from conventional forest. They have historically been overlooked by the forestry sector and impacted by forest policies and regulatory frameworks. These forests presently encounter requalification and valuation dynamics, fueled by a sustainable development ideology, and induced by both public powers and local communities. These dynamics move in two different directions: the naturalization of rural forests by policy makers, and their politization by rural people. We draw on long-term research experiences in France, Morocco, Southeast Asia, and Africa on forests managed by "farmers", among which some are analyzed in the Ecology and Society Feature, Public policies and management of rural forests: lasting alliance or fool's dialogue?. We first elaborate on domestication, analyzed at tree, ecosystems and landscape levels, as a concept allowing for a better understanding of the specific relationships developed between rural people and forests. We then engage in a critical review of how forest-related and sustainable development policies consider rural forests, and discuss how they address (or do not address) their specificity and encourage (or do not encourage) their development

Alliance · Business · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Forest management · Geography · Natural resource economics · Political science · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Forestry · French Urban and Social Studies

• The Multiple Dimensions of Rural Forests

  Open Access•Didier Genin, Yildiz Aumeeruddy‐thoma et al.•Conservation Ecology•2013

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• Agroforestry

  Open Access•Yildiz Aumeeruddy‐thoma, Yildiz Aumeeruddy‐Thomas et al.•The International Encyclopedia of…•2018

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• Tourism consumption of biodiversity

  Open Access•José Antonio Sierra-Huelsz, José Antonio Sierra‐huelsz et al.•Geoforum•2018

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• Perceived changes in environmental degradation and loss of ecosystem services, and their implications in human well-being

  Amanda Alfonso, Francisco Zorondo-Rodríguez et al.•International Journal of…•2017

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• Écologisation des arbres dans les agroforêts des Ghâts occidentaux (Inde)

  Open Access•Christelle Hinnewinkel, Sylvie Guillerme et al.•Développement durable et…•2017

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• Misreading the African Landscape

  Open Access•James Fairhead, Macedward Leach et al.•Misreading the African Landscape•1996

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• The Domesticated Landscapes of the Bolivian Amazon

  Clark L Erickson•Time and Complexity in Historical…•2006

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• Advances in Historical Ecology

  William Balée•Advances in Historical Ecology•2004

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• Local Community Attitudes toward Forests Outside Protected Areas in India. Impact of Legal Awareness, Trust, and Participation

  Open Access•Biljana Macura, Francisco Zorondo-Rodríguez et al.•Conservation Ecology•2011

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• Poverty Alleviation and Tropical Forests-What Scope for Synergies

  Open Access•Sven Wunder•World Development•2001

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• L'argan

  Romain Simenel, Geneviève Michon et al.•Autrepart•2009

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• How to Maintain Domesticity of Usages in Small Rural Forests? Lessons from Forest Management Continuity through a French Case Study

  Open Access•Anne Sourdril, Emilie Andrieu et al.•Conservation Ecology•2012

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• Resilience of Sweet Chestnut and Truffle Holm-Oak Rural Forests in Languedoc-Roussillon, France

  Open Access•Yildiz Aumeeruddy‐thoma, Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas et al.•Conservation Ecology•2012

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• Are Local People Conservationists? Analysis of Transition Dynamics from Agroforests to Monoculture Plantations in Indonesia

  Open Access•Laurène Feintrenie, Stefan Schwarze et al.•Conservation Ecology•2010

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• The Multiple Dimensions of Rural Forests

  Open Access•Didier Genin, Yildiz Aumeeruddy‐thoma et al.•Conservation Ecology•2013

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• Social-ecological Functions and Vulnerability Framework to Analyze Forest Policy Reforms

  Open Access•Fanny Rives, Martine Antona et al.•Conservation Ecology•2012

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• Logging Concessions and Local Livelihoods in Cameroon

  Open Access•Georges Lescuyer, Guillaume Lescuyer et al.•Conservation Ecology•2012

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• Patrimony for Resilience

  Open Access•Laurent Auclair, Patrick Baudot et al.•Conservation Ecology•2011

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• Domestic Forests

  Open Access•Geneviève Michon, Hubert De Foresta et al.•Conservation Ecology•2007

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• Forests as Patrimonies? From Theory to Tangible Processes at Various Scales

  Open Access•Geneviève Michon, Bruno Romagny et al.•Conservation Ecology•2012

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• Revisiting the Resilience of Chestnut Forests in Corsica

  Open Access•Geneviève Michon•Conservation Ecology•2011

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• Endogenous Berber Forest Management and the Functional Shaping of Rural Forests in Southern Morocco

  Open Access•Didier Genin, Romain Simenel•Human Ecology•2011

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