Rural Reconstruction Ecosystem and Forestry

Rural Reconstruction Ecosystem and Forestry
Author: Pramod Singh
Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1993
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9788185880051

The book lays emphasis on rural reconstruction which is the need of the date as 76 per cent of India's population dwells in rural areas. For the sustainable development we should integrate both science and spritualism. Natural and human resources are swiftly depleting due to lack of proper planning and non-cooperation amongst the scientists, society and NGO's.

Forests and Rural Development

Forests and Rural Development
Author: Jürgen Pretzsch
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2014-01-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642414044

This book provides an overview of the complex challenges and opportunities related to forest-based rural development in the tropics and subtropics. Applying a socio-ecological perspective, the book traces the changing paradigms of forestry in rural development throughout history, summarizes the major aspects of the rural development challenge in forest areas and documents innovative approaches in fields such as land utilization, technology and organizational development, rural advisory services, financing mechanisms, participative planning and forest governance. It brings together scholars and practitioners dealing with the topics from various theoretical and practical angles. Calling for an approach that carefully balances market forces with government intervention, the book shows that forests in rural areas have the potential to provide a solid foundation for a green global economy.

AFFORNORD

AFFORNORD
Author: Gudmundur Halldorsson
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2008
Genre:
ISBN: 9289317183

Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate

Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate
Author: United Nations Publications
Publisher: UN
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789211587470

This report presents the case for why we all must throw our weight behind a global restoration effort. Drawing on the latest scientific evidence, it explains the crucial role played by ecosystems from forests and farmland to rivers and oceans, and charts the losses that result from our poor stewardship of the planet. While restoration science is a youthful discipline, we already have the knowledge and tools we need to halt degradation and restore ecosystems. Farmers, for instance, can draw on proven restorative practices such as sustainable farming and agroforestry. Landscape approaches that give all stakeholders - including women and minorities - a say in decision-making are simultaneously supporting social and economic development and ecosystem health. And policy makers and financial institutions are realizing the huge need and potential for green investment.

Forest Landscape Restoration

Forest Landscape Restoration
Author: John Stanturf
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2012-11-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400753268

Restoration ecology, as a scientific discipline, developed from practitioners’ efforts to restore degraded land, with interest also coming from applied ecologists attracted by the potential for restoration projects to apply and/or test developing theories on ecosystem development. Since then, forest landscape restoration (FLR) has emerged as a practical approach to forest restoration particularly in developing countries, where an approach which is both large-scale and focuses on meeting human needs is required. Yet despite increased investigation into both the biological and social aspects of FLR, there has so far been little success in systematically integrating these two complementary strands. Bringing experts in landscape studies, natural resource management and forest restoration, together with those experienced in conflict management, environmental economics and urban studies, this book bridges that gap to define the nature and potential of FLR as a truly multidisciplinary approach to a global environmental problem. The book will provide a valuable reference to graduate students and researchers interested in ecological restoration, forest ecology and management, as well as to professionals in environmental restoration, natural resource management, conservation, and environmental policy.

Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Rural Development and Protected Areas

Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Rural Development and Protected Areas
Author: M ́onica de Castro-Pardo
Publisher: Mdpi AG
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2021-11-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9783036522937

Enhancing social and economic development while preserving nature is one of the major challenges for humankind in the current century. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment showed an alarming degradation of ecosystems and exacerbated poverty for many groups of people across the world due to unprecedented changes in ecosystems caused by human activities in the 20th century. Sustainable Rural Development is key to maintaining active local communities in rural and semi-natural areas, avoiding depopulation, and preserving high-ecological-value sites, including protected areas. Establishing protected areas is the most common strategy to preserve biodiversity around the world with the advantage of promoting the supply of ecosystem services. However, depending how it affects economic opportunities and the access to natural resources, it can either attract or repel human settlements. The convergence of development and conservation requires decision-making processes capable of aligning the needs and expectations of rural communities and the goals of biodiversity conservation. The articles compiled in this Special Issue (nine research papers and two review papers) make important contributions to this challenge from different approaches, disciplines and regions in the world.

Effects of Afforestation on Ecosystems, Landscape and Rural Development

Effects of Afforestation on Ecosystems, Landscape and Rural Development
Author:
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2007
Genre: Afforestation
ISBN: 9289314435

43 videnskabelige artikler fra et fællesnordisk projekt omkring indflydelsen af beskovning på økosystemer, landskab og regional udvikling. Projektet sammenligner skov, landskab og samfund i forskellige nordiske lande som har lignende samfundsstruktur, men er på meget forskellige niveauer med hensyn til beskovning og brug af skoven. I Danmark, Norge og Sverige har man arbejdet systematisk med at opbygge skovressourcerne igen, hvorimod man på Island og Færøerne kun lige er begyndt at planlægge arbejdet

Strategies in Agroecology for Sustainable Rural Development in Ecoregions of Araucaria Forest and Natural Grasslands

Strategies in Agroecology for Sustainable Rural Development in Ecoregions of Araucaria Forest and Natural Grasslands
Author:
Publisher: Matheus Cavalher Solano Rossi
Total Pages: 98
Release:
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 658624224X

Strategies in Agroecology describes a sustainable rural development model for the Araucaria Forest and Natural Grasslands Ecoregions of southern Brazil, outlining a series of context-adapted ecological agroecosystems and social technologies supported by a farming cooperative network. Ultimately aimed at professionals looking for innovative sustainable and socially just alternatives to the mainstream model of agriculture, this richly illustrated guide offers creative insights of how thriving ecological rural communities (ecovillages) can be designed through the use of interdisciplinary tools integrating regenerative crop systems (agroforestry/silvopasture), landscape design, architecture, social organization, and environmental conservation as part of the same dynamic equation.

Forest Rehabilitation in Vietnam: Histories, Realities, and Future

Forest Rehabilitation in Vietnam: Histories, Realities, and Future
Author: Wil de Jong
Publisher: CIFOR
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Reforestation
ISBN: 9792446524

This report assesses the experiences of forest rehabilitation in Vietnam and draws strategic lessons from these experiences to guide new forest rehabilitation projects. The report highlights lessons from Vietnam's experiences that will be helpful beyond the country border. This report has the following structure: the remainder of chpater one provides the conceptual clarification and theoritical underpinnings for the study and introduces the methodology. Chapter two provides background information and context for the outcomes of forest rehabilitation in Vietnam, including basic information on Vietnam, its forest cover, forestry sector and policies that are relevant to forestry and forest rehabilitation. Chapter three gives an overview of forest rehabilitation in Vietnam from its inception in the 1950s until today, as the country carries out its latest nationwide forest rehabilitation effort, the 5 million hectares reforestation project. Chapter four analyses in detail forest rehabilitation project that were analysed in the field study carried out as part of this study. Chapter five draws lessons from the report.