2008, Number 42, April 6-9, 2008, Lom, Norway

Forest products are important to rural households across virtually all forest types in developing countries. There are, however, only few comprehensive and systematic eff [...]

In 1990, the government of India issued a national guideline to all states to adopt Joint Forest Management (JFM) to achieve better resource conservation through partners [...]

Forests are crucial to the livelihoods of millions of poor people in developing countries. Yet quantitative approaches to estimate the economic value of forest products a [...]

Participatory forest management (PFM) in Tanzania has the triple objective of (i) conserving forest resources, (ii) improving rural economic development and (iii) promoti [...]

The European Union is aiming to substantially increase the use of renewable energy. In 2007, the EU set a target of 20 % of the overall energy consumption should be deriv [...]

By assuming a forest growing logistically and a local population that harvests wood illegally in a manner similar to predation, a bio-economic model gives the following r [...]