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The socioeconomic conditions determining the development, persistence, and decline of forest garden systems
There is a range of forest management systems between pure extraction and plantation systems. Such intermediate systems range from wild forests modified for increased production of selected products to anthropogenic forests with a high-density of valuable species growing within a relatively diverse and complex structure. These systems, classed here as Forest Garden Systems (FGS), have important socioeconomic and ecological benefits, and yet they have been largely overlooked by researchers, development practitioners, and policy makers. Based on case examples and the authors experience, this paper analyzes the socioeconomic and institutional factors that explain the development, persistence, and decline of FGS. These systems combine productivity and biodiversity values and are important components in the diverse economic systems of their managers. As such, the model warrants increased attention to protect existing values, to support the adaptation of existing systems to changing circumstances, and to inform the development of new models of integrated forest management.
Author: Belcher, B.; Michon, G.; Angelsen, A.; Ruiz Perez, M.; Asbjornsen, H.
Publisher: Springer
Publication Year: 2005
ISSN: 0013-0001
Source: Economic Botany 59(3): 245-253
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2005)059[0245:TSCDTD]2.0.CO;2