Smallholder Tree Growing for Rural Development and Environmental Services : Lessons from Asia /

Recent history reveals both that the large-scale reforestation projects of the 20th century have often been less successful than anticipated, and that tree growing by smallholders – as an alternative means to combat deforestation and promote sustainable land use – has received relatively little atte...

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Other Authors: Snelder, Denyse J. (Editor), Lasco, Rodel D. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
Series:Advances in agroforestry ; 5.
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Table of Contents:
  • Smallholder Tree Growing: Introduction
  • Smallholder Tree Growing in South and Southeast Asia
  • Smallholder Tree Growing for Rural Development: Practices and Adoption
  • Smallholder Tree Growing in Philippine Back Yards: Homegarden Characteristics in Different Environmental Settings
  • Tree Growing on Farms in Northeast Luzon (The Philippines): Smallholders’ Motivations and Other Determinants for Adopting Agroforestry Systems
  • Dudukuhan Tree Farming Systems in West Java: How to Mobilize Self-Strengthening of Community-Based Forest Management?
  • The Adoption of Smallholder Rubber Production by Shifting Cultivators in Northern Laos: A Village Case Study
  • Agroforestation of Grasslands in Southeast Asia: WaNuLCAS Model Scenarios for Shade-Based Imperata Control During Tree Establishment
  • Smallholder Tree Growing for the Market: Economics, Policies and Institutes
  • Over-Regulated and Under-Marketed: Smallholders and the Wood Economy in Isabela, The Philippines
  • Can Smallholder Tree Farmers Help Revive the Timber Industry in Deforested Tropical Countries? A Case Study from Southern Philippines
  • The Reforestation Value Chain for the Philippines
  • The Potential of Sustainable Forestry Certification for Smallholder Tree Growing
  • Exploring the Agroforestry Adoption Gap: Financial and Socioeconomics of Litchi-Based Agroforestry by Smallholders in Rajshahi (Bangladesh)
  • Growing ‘The Wood of The Gods’: Agarwood Production in Southeast Asia
  • Local Vulnerability, Project Risk, and Intractable Debt: The Politics of Smallholder Eucalyptus Promotion in Salavane Province, Southern Laos
  • Smallholder Tree Growing for Environmental Services: Practices and Potentials
  • Improving Productivity, Profitability and Sustainability of Degraded Grasslands Through Tree-Based Land Use Systems in the Philippines
  • Restoration of Philippine Native Forest by Smallholder Tree Farmers
  • Human-Altered Tree-Based Habitats and Their Value in Conserving Bird and Bat Diversity in Northeast Luzon, The Philippines
  • From Principles to Numbers: Approaches in Implementing Payments for Environmental Services (PES) in the Philippines
  • Values and Services of Nitrogen-Fixing Alder Based Cardamom Agroforestry Systems in the Eastern Himalayas
  • Perceptions of Ethnic Minorities on Tree Growing for Environmental Services in Thailand
  • Smallholder Tree Growing: Potentials and Challenges
  • Farmer Tree Planting Barriers to Sustainable Forest Management
  • Future Challenge: A Paradigm Shift in the Forestry Sector.