Public Policies and Management of Rural Forests

Lasting Alliance or Fool's Dialogue

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4239659
AutoresGeneviève Michon (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), Robert Nasi (0000-0001-9739-3135), Gérard Balent (Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement)
Año2013
Volumen18
Número1
Fecha de publicación2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaConservation Ecology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1195-5449 • E-ISSN: 1708-3087
EditorialResilience Alliance (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.5751/es-05706-180130
OpenAlexW2030693937
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas17

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