|
Next Offered
|
Registration Deadline
|
Registration Opens
|
|
July 13 – August 17, 2012
|
July 8, 2012
|
OPEN
|
| Community-Based Forest Management GSLL 1520 Course Tuition: $390 2 CEUs Duration: 5 weeks |
Click below to register! |
Strengthening community control over natural resources is an increasingly popular method of improving the livelihoods of rural people, while sustainably utilizing and conserving resources. Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) is hailed by advocates for its effectiveness in promoting conservation and maintaining traditional livelihoods, while simultaneously developing local economies. Many practitioners and experts are realizing that local communities are actually the most interested parties in the sustainable management of their forests, given that it is their source of life. Additionally, local communities are often experts on their forest ecosystem. Given this, community-based conservation (CBC) approaches aim to involve local people in the management of natural resources and to adjust management practices to their needs. This course will review the scope and significance of CBC, as well as the best practices in the support and establishment of such initiatives.
Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:
- Recognize best practices, as well as have a working understanding of the underlying principles of community-based forest management initiatives
- Understand how community-based forest management functions in light of changes to local and global institutions
- Identify indicators of successful community-based forest management initiatives
