Transformations Towards a New Era in Small Scale Forestry: Introduction to the Small-Scale Forestry Special Issue
Published in Small-scale Forestry
Detailed Analysis of Residual Stand Damage Due to Winching on Steep Terrains
Published in Small-scale Forestry
Damage to the remaining stand on steep terrain can be quite severe and is usually difficult to control during winching. Timber skidding, especially by agricultural tractor, is a common solution in small-scale forestry. One of the factors influencing remaining stand damage is winching on steep terrain, although, to date, this has only been studied i...
Achievements in Aboriginal Forestry Research: Claims, Evidence and Opportunities
Published in Small-scale Forestry
Aboriginal involvement is now a defining theme for achieving Sustainable Forest Management. Concurrently, the concept of “Aboriginal forestry” has emerged to promote links between Traditional Knowledge and conventional forest management, aimed at strengthening the conservation of culturally and ecologically sensitive species. We conducted a systema...
Analysis of the People–Forests Relationship in Lower Galliyat, Abbottabad Pakistan
Published in Small-scale Forestry
Galliyat—the mountainous region in district Abbottabad of Hazara division in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province—is rich in natural vegetation. On the basis of elevation above sea level, Galliyat is categorized into Upper and Lower subdivisions. Like other regions in northern Pakistan, the forests of Galliyat are intensively utilized for the col...
Mapping the Future Market Potential of Timber from Small-Scale Tree Farmers: Perspectives from the Southern Highlands in...
Published in Small-scale Forestry
In the rapidly growing Tanzanian economy, increasing demand for timber and limited wood supply from industrial plantations and natural forests have opened a new livelihood opportunity for smallholder farmers in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, which is undergoing a tree-growing boom. In the absence of support services, research and statistics, t...
Participatory Monitoring in Forest Communities to Improve Governance, Accountability and Women’s Participation
Published in Small-scale Forestry
We explore how participatory monitoring can help communities and community partners define local governance, identify governance issues and problems, and improve women’s participation, based on action research from 2011 to 2015 to improve women’s participation in decision-making in indigenous communities in Nicaragua. The findings are based on expe...
Small-Area Family Forest Ownerships in the USA
Published in Small-scale Forestry
Sixty percent of family forest ownerships in the United States of America (USA) own between 0.4 and 4.0 ha (1–9 ac). Yet, little is known about this segment of family forest ownerships because they are often excluded from data collection or analyses. We utilized national data for the USA collected through the National Woodland Owner Survey to exami...
Comparative Analyses of the Cycle Time, Productivity, and Cost Between 62- and 107-Year-Old Japanese Cypress Clear-Cutti...
Published in Small-scale Forestry
We conducted the preliminary time studies of clear-cutting operations using a small-scale cable logging system in 62- and 107-year-old, gently and moderately sloping Japanese cypress forests. The cycle times, productivities, and costs were compared to examine the effects of extending the cutting age. The operation system included the use of a chain...
Modelling Research Topic Trends in Community Forestry
Published in Small-scale Forestry
How is community forestry (CF) research changing as CF policies mature around the world? In this research note we use bibliometrics and topic modelling to display trends in the geographic foci and research topics mentioned in the abstracts of CF-related research papers published between 1990 and 2017. We find that studies of CF in South Asia make u...
Factors Hindering Forest Management Among Engaged and Detached Private Forest Owners: Slovenian Stakeholders’ Perception...
Published in Small-scale Forestry
Small-scale properties are the prevailing ownership category in Slovenian private forests. Owners are becoming increasingly diverse with predominant multifunctional management orientation which has led to underutilisation of wood potentials over the past decades. We surveyed forest-related stakeholders (24) to understand their perceptions on factor...
