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Title Smallholder tree growing for rural development and environmental services : lessons from Asia / edited by Denyse J. Snelder, Rodel D. Lasco
Published Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 494 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Advances in agroforestry ; 5
Advances in agroforestry ; 5.
Contents Smallholder Tree Growing in South and Southeast Asia; 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 EstablishmentOver-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 Certificat
Summary Recent history reveals that both the large-scale reforestation projects of the 20th century have often been less successful than anticipated, and that tree growing by smallholders a" as an alternative means to combat deforestation and promote sustainable land use a" has received relatively little attention from the scientific and development communities. Taking a first step to addressing that balance, this collection of peer-reviewed papers adopts a comparative approach to explore the potential role that tree growing by farmers can play in sustainable forest management. The goal of t
Analysis Tree growing
Agricultural landscapes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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In Springer eBooks
Subject Small-scale forestry -- Asia
Agriculture.
Marketing.
Environmental management.
Agriculture
Marketing
farming (activity or system)
environmental control.
marketing.
agriculture (discipline)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Forestry.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Small-scale forestry
Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Snelder, Denyse J.
Lasco, Rodel D.
LC no. 2008928847
ISBN 9781402082610
1402082614
9781402082603
1402082606