- Author
- Title
- Non-timber forest product trade : a trade-off between conservation and development : assessing the outcomes of non-timber forest product trade on livelihoods and the environment, with special emphasis on the damar agroforests in Sumatra, Indonesia
- Supervisors
- Co-supervisors
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M.A.F. Ros
M. Ruiz Perez
B. Belcher - Award date
- 18 September 2009
- Number of pages
- 233
- ISBN
- 9789490312404
- Document type
- PhD thesis
- Faculty
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)
- Institute
- Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
- Abstract
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This PhD dissertation examines the proposition that trade in non-timber forest products such as medicinal plants, fruit and rattan would simultaneously lead to forest conservation and rural development. In doing so, it touches on a range of related topics such as tenure security, agroforestry and the non-agricultural sector. The book contains both a meta-analysis of 55 cases in Asia, Africa and Latin America and an in-depth study of the damar resin agroforests in Sumatra, Indonesia. The findings indicate that the relationship between forest conservation and rural development is characterized by trade-offs. Policymakers and practitioners working in conservation need to acknowledge that win-win approaches are often unrealistic and sometimes even naive. Supporting agroforestry is, however, a promising strategy to achieve a balanced trade-off between conservation and development.
- Note
- Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Persistent Identifier
- https://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.308243
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Thesis
Cover
Title pages
Table of contents
List of boxes / List of tables / List of figures
Acknowledgements
1: Reconciling conservation and development : the potential role of non-timber forest product trade
2: A method to assess the outcomes of forest product trade on livelihoods and the environment
3: Outcomes of non-timber forest product trade
4: An introduction to forest use and regulations in Indonesia
5: The damar agroforest, study area and methods
6: The impact of formal recognition of user rights
7: Will the damar agroforests vanish?
8: Dynamics in the non-farm sector
9: Key findings and reflections
References
Annexes
Summary in Dutch / Samenvatting
About the author
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