Selecting tree species on the basis of community needs

Community Forestry Field Manual 5

Table of Contents

by Katherine Warner
Edited by Daniel Shallon

Reprinted 1999

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

LIST OF FIGURES

INTRODUCTION

Purpose of the manual

• The importance of the participatory approach

About the manual

How to use this field manual (and how to determine what parts you need to use)

• What do you need to know?
• Do you need to use all the sections in the manual?
• In what order?

Organization of the manual

• The three components
• The three steps
• In summary
  

STEP I: COLLECTING DATA IN THE COMMUNITY

 

CHAPTER 1: The Setting: General Demographic and Physical Data

Demography

Land use patterns and systems

• Land use patterns: mapping
• Land use system: general description

Trees in the community

• Transects
• Location of trees within the community

Climate and soil

CHAPTER 2: Socio-economic Conditions and Resource Use in the Community

Agricultural production systems: crops and livestock

Household profile: Socio-economic conditions and tree use in sample households

• Selecting the households to interview
• Household socio-economic conditions
• Household tree resource use and needs

CHAPTER 3: Regulation and Management of Tree Resources
Current functions of trees and tree products
Users of trees and tree products
Rights to trees

STEP II: ANALYZING THE DATA AND SELECTING THE TREES

CHAPTER 4: Developing a Profile of the Community: Analysis of the Data

The community: general setting

The current role of trees in the community

The functions of new tree species

CHAPTER 5: Selecting the Most Appropriate Trees

STEP III: THE BEST TREES? EVALUATING THE SELECTION

 

 

CHAPTER 6: Impact of the Selection on Tree and Land Rights

 

 

CHAPTER 7: The Final Check: Is it the Right Tree?

APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Five case studies in uses of the manual

Appendix 2: Examples of completed worksheets

Appendix 3: Secondary sources of information

REFERENCES