Forest Communities, Community Forests is a collection of stories about twelve communities in the United States and their efforts to protect and restore their community forests. It explores the struggles and opportunities faced by people as they work to invest in natural capital, reverse decades of poor forest practices, tackle policy gridlock, and address community as well as ecological health. The case studies are organized by the dominant themes in American community forestry today, with the basic premise that healthy ecosystems depend on healthy communities, and vice-versa. Unlike most studies of contemporary forestry, Forest Communities, Community Forests focuses on community well-being and, more generally, community concerns. While some recent studies have examined the environmental benefits of place-based resource management or collaborative processes, few have looked at community needs and concerns-beyond the question of how to entice locals to comply with 'new' forestry. It is our hope that these case studies will convey the importance of community-based forestry, and contribute to the understanding and development, and ultimately the success of new community-based initiatives in the U.S.
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The citizen groups, public-private partnerships, and nongovernmental organizations presented in these essays provide convincing evidence that an inclusive, collaborative approach offers hope for neglected or mismanaged forests, or for people who are locked in conflict over forest use. This optimism is the book's greatest strength and its most important contribution. Those who are engaged in such struggles, or who are hesitant to participate, are the readers who will benefit most. * Crm Journal * This text will likely prove quite useful to community groups that wish to take a role in ensuring the health of their forests or other natural resources, both by providing examples of what works and by giving a realistic idea of what a community organization can hope to accomplish. A major strength of the collection is that it does not present community involvement as a panacea; indeed, many of the case study authors stress that the major achievements of the groups they studied were their successes in improving communication between former opponents. Actual improvements in either forest health or economic opportunities were much less common. Nevertheless, the overall picture is one of hope for the future if local residents are willing to take a stand to improve their communities and natural environments. -- Susan Hopper, Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University Anyone interested in the critical relationship between healthy forests and nearby communities will find this book valuable. Recommended. All levels. * CHOICE *
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 237 mm
Breite: 369 mm
Dicke: 24 mm
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978-0-7425-2584-9 (9780742525849)
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Jonathan Kusel is executive director of Forest Community Research, a research and educational organization based in the Northern California.
1 Acknowledgments 2 Preface 3 Introduction Part 4 Section I: Investing in Natural Capital, Investing in Community Chapter 5 Linking Water Quality and Community Well-Being in a Forested Watershed Chapter 6 Against the Odds: (Re-)Building Community through Forestry on the Hoopa Reservation Chapter 7 Revolutionizing County Forest Management in Minnesota: Aitkin County and SmartWood Certification Part 8 Section II: From Process to Practice Chapter 9 Catron County, New Mexico: Mirroring the West, Healing the Land, Rebuilding Community Chapter 10 From Them to Us: The Applegate Partnership Chapter 11 Waiting and Seeing in Coos County: The Promises of Lake Umbagog Chapter 12 Collaboration for Community and Forest Well-Being in the Upper Swan Valley, Montana Chapter 13 Revitalizing Baltimore: Urban Forestry at the Watershed Scale Part 14 Section III: Stewarding the Land Chapter 15 Kicking Dirt Together in Colorado: Community-Ecosystems Stewardship and the Ponderosa Pine Forest Partnership Chapter 16 Western Upper Peninsula Forest Improvement District: Adding Value to a Working Landscape Chapter 17 The Integration of Community Well-Being and Forest Health in the Pacific Northwest Chapter 18 Forestry at the Urban-Rural Interface: The Beaver Brook Association and the Merrimack River Watershed 19 Conclusion
