Stephen F. Siebert
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824835361
- eISBN:
- 9780824871826
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824835361.003.0009
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter discusses the issue of sustainable rattan harvesting from a local perspective. Defining and implementing sustainable use of tropical forests and its products have been the subject of ...
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This chapter discusses the issue of sustainable rattan harvesting from a local perspective. Defining and implementing sustainable use of tropical forests and its products have been the subject of considerable debate for decades. Academics and conservationists have argued over the meaning, potential paths, obstacles to, and the viability of sustainable resource use. Drawing on conversations with a number of rattan gatherers, this chapter asks whether rattan harvesting can be sustained and what ecological effects are associated with cane harvesting. It also examines what institutional arrangements and governing capabilities are required at national and local levels to manage harvesting; the role of market demand, financial returns, government policies, and resource tenure in sustainable harvesting of rattan and other nontimber forest products (NTFPs); and how community forestry, and community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) more generally, can help promote the sustainable management of natural resources.Less
This chapter discusses the issue of sustainable rattan harvesting from a local perspective. Defining and implementing sustainable use of tropical forests and its products have been the subject of considerable debate for decades. Academics and conservationists have argued over the meaning, potential paths, obstacles to, and the viability of sustainable resource use. Drawing on conversations with a number of rattan gatherers, this chapter asks whether rattan harvesting can be sustained and what ecological effects are associated with cane harvesting. It also examines what institutional arrangements and governing capabilities are required at national and local levels to manage harvesting; the role of market demand, financial returns, government policies, and resource tenure in sustainable harvesting of rattan and other nontimber forest products (NTFPs); and how community forestry, and community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) more generally, can help promote the sustainable management of natural resources.