This paper explores three aspects of sustainability in upland and coastal resources: the depreciation of natural capital upon which upland farmers and artisanal fishermen depend, the factors affecting the economic sustainability of resource extraction from forests, upland soils and fishery...

This article is prepared for the Upland Policy Conference on March 14, 1988. It analyzes the private perspective of upland resource management mechanisms by drawing from the salient findings of studies on commercial forestry, reforestation and communal tree farming conducted under PIDS/IDRC...

This paper explores three aspects of sustainability in upland and coastal resources: the depreciation of natural capital upon which upland farmers and artisanal fishermen depend, the factors affecting the economic sustainability of resource extraction from forests, upland soils and fishery...

This article is prepared for the Upland Policy Conference on March 14, 1988. It analyzes the private perspective of upland resource management mechanisms by drawing from the salient findings of studies on commercial forestry, reforestation and communal tree farming conducted under PIDS/IDRC...

This paper provides a systematic investigation of agricultural systems practiced in the uplands by starting with a formal treatment of the shifting cultivation problem. The optimum rate of use of forested land from society’s viewpoint and from the individual uplander’s viewpoint, given...

The study identifies the rural poor and measures their needs and capabilities. It focuses on the tree product from forests and upland cultivation systems and analyzes the forest and land use practices of the upland poor through the development of a common database. It also examines the influence...