Social Forestry & Extension Forestry Flashcards
New Paradigm in Forestry (Social Forestry) with human community first tackled
World Forestry Congress (Jakarta Indonesia)
- A general term for all forestry-related activities of
individuals or groups with the aim of empowering
and improving the overall conditions of potential
partners in forest managementThat branch of forestry which deals with the
understanding of the interaction between the
forest ecosystem and human social system - A general term for all forestry-related activities of
individuals or groups with the aim of empowering
and improving the overall conditions of potential
partners in forest management
Social Forestry
Any situation which intimately
involves the local people in a forest
activity; a set of interconnected
forestry actions and works executed
primarily by the local community
residents to improve their own
welfare.- FAO 1978
Social Forestry
refers to a group of land use systems or
practices that play an important role in social forestry
projects; social forestry refers to a group of forest
management strategies where local participation and
equitable distribution of forest products are central
objectives
Agroforestry
– refers to forest management
practices or systems undertaken by community
member or forest-dependent communities.
Community forestry
refers to commercial
production of single or select tree species by
farmers on privately-controlled lands or
leased lands; common in areas where there is
an existing market for wood or other tree
products
Farm forestry
refers to tree planting of
farmers aimed at improving the provision of
multiple benefits (e.g. fuel, fruits, fodder,
construction wood, etc.) to the farm
household system: tree grower must have
sufficient long-term control over the land.
Tree farming
refers to public
tree planting on private or communal lands
carried by the government to uplift social
conditions
Publicly-managed forestry
Typologies of Agroforestry
* The “OLD” practice of
shifting cultivation
* The modified fallow
system
* Disturbance in the system
is followed by recovery
thru succession.
Rotational Agroforestry
Typologies of Agroforestry
* Randomly-mixed agroforestry (multi-storey agroforestry)
* Border tree agroforestry
* Row intercrop agroforestry (alley cropping and Sloping Agricultural
Land Technology or SALT)
* Silvipasture
* Other agroforestry variants involving agriculture, forestry, livestock,
fisheries, and other land-based products
Integral Agroforestry (simultaneous and continuous
integration of forest and food crops)
Social Forestry as Development Program
Pioneering phase
(1971-1980) – appeasement years
Integration and consolidation phase
(1981-1989)-participation and
empowerment advocated
de facto resource managers or partners in
forest development and conservation
Local people
Expansion and institutionalization phase
(1990 to present)
promotion of social justice, SD, adaptiveness & resilience
Integration of all SF or CF programs into CBFM program in 1995
through EO 263