Forest and Livelihoods in Developing Countries

The present book entitled: Forest and Livelihoods in Developing Countries: Towards Sustainable Tropical Forest Management and Conservation' contains explanations and discussions regarding: Forest Policy Change - Historical Development of Forest Policy in Ethiopia; Major Actors of Ethiopian Agricultural Extension System; Improved Fallow - Importance, Tree Species Used, and Challenges (with a case study from Zambia); Assessment of Organizational and Operational Aspects of Arsi Forest Enterprise in Ethiopia ; The Economic Function of Non-Timer Forest Products in Rural Development - the case of gum arabic from Acacia senegal tree in the gum-belt of The Sudan; Cutting cycle fixation in the Bolivian moist tropical forests; Community-Based Ecotourism - the case of Adaba-Dodola Community-Based Ecotourism in Oromia Region, Ethiopia; and, Conservation of Medicinal Plants with a case study from the Indian Himalayan Region. The book is addressed to professionals and organizations working on forest-related livelihood improvement projects and programs in developing countries.

Autorentext

The author was born in May 1983 in Ethiopia. In 2005, he graduated with a BSc degree in Agricultural Extension (Ethiopia). After three years of teaching and research, he joined an Erasmus Mundus Double Master's degree program and graduated with an MSc in Tropical Forest Management (Germany) and MSc in Agricultural Development (Denmark).

Klappentext

The present book entitled: 'Forest and Livelihoods in Developing Countries: Towards Sustainable Tropical Forest Management and Conservation' contains explanations and discussions regarding: Forest Policy Change - Historical Development of Forest Policy in Ethiopia; Major Actors of Ethiopian Agricultural Extension System; Improved Fallow - Importance, Tree Species Used, and Challenges (with a case study from Zambia); Assessment of Organizational and Operational Aspects of Arsi Forest Enterprise in Ethiopia ; The Economic Function of Non-Timer Forest Products in Rural Development - the case of gum arabic from Acacia senegal tree in the gum-belt of The Sudan; Cutting cycle fixation in the Bolivian moist tropical forests; Community-Based Ecotourism - the case of Adaba-Dodola Community-Based Ecotourism in Oromia Region, Ethiopia; and, Conservation of Medicinal Plants - with a case study from the Indian Himalayan Region. The book is addressed to professionals and organizations working on forest-related livelihood improvement projects and programs in developing countries.