18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference, Edinburgh. 28 June - 2 July 2010.

Conference Proceedings

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Monday 28 June 2010 Tuesday 29 June 2010 Wednesday 30 June 2010 Thursday 1 July 2010

Wednesday 30 June 2010


Session 8 – People and Forests: Sharing Knowledge

Click To Download  Hosny El Lakany: Forestry Education, Leadership, Institutions and the Future
Click To Download  Mahmud Hj Sudin: Education and Training for Forestry and Forest Products in Malaysia
Click To Download  Julius Adewopo: Perspectives of Students on Commonwealth Forests: A Glimpse into the Future
Click To Download  Tolulope Daramola: Forestry Education in Africa


Session 9 – People and Forests: Raising Standards

Click To Download  Marilyn Headley: Role of Professionalism in the Modernisation of the Forestry Department in Jamaica
Click To Download  Andrew McEwen: Forestry Professional Bodies – A View from a New Zealand Forester
Click To Download  Ben Chikamai: Professional Forestry Associations in Africa: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Forest Management
Click To Download  Shireen Chambers: What is Professionalism?
Click To Download  Arvind Singh: Professionalising the Forest Service – Indian Perspective


Session 10 – People and Forests: Engaging Communities

Click To Download  Sydney Allicock and Dane Gobin: Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development – A People-centred Approach to Conservation
Click To Download  Sir Michael Strang Steel: Creating Woodlands for Wildlife and People in Scotland
Click To Download  Barbara Nakangu Bugembe: Facilitating Communities to Restore Forest Landscape Functions as a Livelihoods Strategy – A Case of Benet Community, Mount Elgon, Uganda


Parallel Sessions – People and Forests: Engaging Communities


Session 11.1 – Community Participation

Click To Download  Jonah Chimusoro: Restoring Degraded Land in the Shire Valley: Lessons for Community Led Initiatives that link Restoration and the Development of Sustainable Livelihoods
Click To Download  Diksha Kumari Prasad: Assessment of Forest Restoration Initiatives Undertaken by Village Communities in Hazaribag West Forest Division, State of Jharkhand, India
Click To Download  Sushil Kumar: Paradise Regained by Ethical Alliance of Hill Farm Women: A Case Study of Sustainable Management of Common Property Resources and Social Entrepreneurship
Click To Download  Tayo Olubunmi Iretiolu: Rural Women Empowerment Amidst Forest Restoration in Omo Forest Reserve, Nigeria
Click To Download  Ranjay Kumar Singh: Community Knowledge Garden: A Participatory Approach of Restoration and Conservation of Forest Biodiversity to Sustain Livelihoods of Tribal Communities in Eastern Himalayas


Session 11.2 – The Value of Community Engagement

Click To Download  Peter Besseau: Community Engagement in Support of Forest Landscape Restoration: The Experience of the International Model Forest Network
Click To Download  Elizabeth Shortall: Restoring the Connections – People and Forests
Click To Download  Khaled Misbahuzzamam: Restoration of Degraded Forest Landscape in Eastern Upland of Bangladesh using Community Management Practices
Click To Download  Tony Bartlett: Community Participation in Restoring Australian Forest Landscapes
Click To Download  Khurram Iqbal: Evaluation of Community Forestry in Northwest Pakistan: The Livelihoods and Institutional Perspective


Session 11.3 – Engagement in Practice

Click To Download  Mangala De Zoysa: Community-Based Peri-Urban Forest Restoration Programme: A Case Study in Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka
Click To Download  Anna Lawrence: Understanding the Effects of Community Woodlands and Forests in Great Britain
Click To Download  Andrea Leys: Role of Social Learning in Reducing Controversy Surrounding rapid plantation Forestry expansion
Click To Download  Jyotish Prakash Basu: Joint Forest Management, Deforestation and Local People Participation: A Case Study in West Bengal, India
Click To Download  Pratima Singh: Enhancing Women Participation for Forest Restoration in Hilly Regions of India


Session 11.4 – Helping Society to Adapt

Click To Download  Sibongile Mavimbela: Rehabilitation of State Forests for the Benefit of Communities in South Africa
Click To Download  Purabi Bose: Community-Based Adaptation of Tribal Women to Climate Change in Semi-Arid India
Click To Download  Shobha Maharaj: A potential tool for assessing the response of forest species to climate change within a Caribbean Small Island State
Click To Download  Alan Watson Featherstone: Volunteering and Forest Restoration – How Participation can help change individuals, communities and society
Click To Download  Pratibha Bhatnagar: Community Benefits from Forest Restoration: A Case Study of Nivas Block, Mandla, Madhya Pradesh in India

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