CF Note 7: Community Forestry: Ten Years in Review













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Revised edition

prepared by J. E. M. Arnold

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1992

First printing 1991
Revised edition 1992
Reprinted, 1995

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Table of Contents


Preface

Ten years of community forestry

Introduction

COMMUNITY FORESTRY

Origins of community forestry
The original concept
The evolution of community forestry in practice
Broadening the knowledge base
Social forestry

PEOPLE'S DEPENDENCE ON FORESTS AND TREES

Fuelwood
Food
Livestock feed and soil nutrients
Income

MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL TREE RESOURCES

Common property resource management
Trees in farming systems

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

Endnotes

Appendix: The development of the community forestry action programme within FAO

References