Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-300).
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Machine generated contents note: PART I. THE DISMAL RECORD -- II -- I. Forest Use and Misuse -- I3 -- 2. Why Tropical Forests Decline -- 35 -- PART II. STIRRINGS IN THE FIELD -- 57 -- 3. The Road to Bendum -- 59 -- 4. Village Forests in India -- 80 -- 5. Conservation in Indonesia -- 121 -- 6. Africa's Cornucopia and Scorpion -- I54 -- 7. Learning from Latin America -- I80 -- PART III. THE WAY AHEAD -- 2I3 -- 8. Shifting the Balance -- 215 -- 9. Helping from Afar -- 236 -- Io. Future Imperatives -- 263 -- Notes -- 275 -- Further Reading -- 293 -- Index -- 301.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Tropical forests are vanishing at an alarming rate. This book, based on extensive international field research, highlights one solution for preserving this precious resource: empowering local people who depend on the forest for survival. Synthesizing a vast amount of information that has never been brought together in one place, Roger D. Stone and Claudia D'Andrea provide a clearly written and energizing tour of global efforts to empower community-based forest stewards. Along the way, they show the fundamental importance of tropical forest ecosystems and deepen our sense of urgency to save the.