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A conceptual model of woodland use and change in Zimbabwe

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Title A conceptual model of woodland use and change in Zimbabwe
 
Creator Campbell, Bruce M.
Frost, P.
Goebel, A.
Standa-Gunda, W.
Mukamuri, B.
Veenan, M.
 
Subject change
forestry policies
institutions
land use
living conditions
medicinal plants
models
non-timber forest products
planning
rural communities
socioeconomics
tourism
uses
woodlands
 
Description This paper use a conceptual box-and-arrow model for understanding woodland use in Zimbabwe in the context of the complex ecological-social-economic system of which it is part. Central themes within the model are: the policy framework; local institutions; land pressures; rural-urban relationships; the rise in tourism; increasing commercialisation of woodland products; drought; AIDS; and the status of the resource itself. It is suggested that too little attention has been paid to the impacts of policy on woodland use and commercialisation, and that woodland use is seldom seen in the wider context of the entire household livelihood system. Conceptual models represent a tool for understanding the connections between the components of complex systems, but they need to be followed by more detailed simulation modelling, to understand both the dynamics of these systems and the possible outcomes of various interventions in them.
 
Date 2000
2012-06-04T09:06:12Z
2012-06-04T09:06:12Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Campbell, B.M., Frost, P., Goebel, A., Standa-Gunda, W., Mukamuri, B., Veenan, M. 2000. A conceptual model of woodland use and change in Zimbabwe . International Tree Crops Journal 10 (4) :347-366.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18204
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/712
 
Language en
 
Format p. 347-366
 
Source International Tree Crops Journal