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People, values, and woodlands: A field report ofemergent themes in interdisciplinary research in Zimbabwe

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  • Allison Goebel
  • Bruce Campbell
  • Billy Mukamuri
  • Michele Veeman

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The Value of Trees project, funded bythe International Development Research Council ofCanada (IDRC), supported the joint efforts of theUniversity of Alberta and the University of Zimbabweto investigate the economic costs and benefitsassociated with trees and forests in the small holderfarming sector in Zimbabwe. The Value of Trees project provided funding for graduate students andfaculty from the two participating universities tocarry out studies in the disciplines of forestry,agricultural economics, and sociology in order toprovide policy recommendations regarding the role ofwoodlands in sustainable small holder farming in acontext where agricultural production appears to putincreasing stress on woodlands. The numerous projectsincluded such topics as the following: the use offuelwood under conditions of scarcity, tree tenure andlocal institutions in woodland use and sustainability,gender and wealth as related to tree planting andconservation, time preferences in natural resourceconsumption, ownership and economic impact ofeucalyptus woodlots, cultural and economic valuesassociated with woodlands, and uses and conflictsrelating to woodlands across different land categoriessuch as resettlement land and state forests. Manyother studies were not funded by, but were associatedwith Value of Trees. The findings fall withintwo broad categories. The first set includes thosedirectly related to generating values for differentaspects of the woodlands, particularly from theperspectives of rural households. The main finding isthat despite being highly valued by local people forboth economic and social reasons, woodlands are rankedlower in importance by local farmers than agriculturalland. The second set of findings relates to thecomplexities of the social system of the woodlands.Local institutions, history, resource conflicts, andtenure issues emerge as key to understanding the waythat people interact with the woodlands. Finally,local people have valuable knowledge and strategies tooffer in the design of sustainable management. Thepolicy implications of these findings for Zimbabwe arethat economic incentives could be important in asustainable woodlands strategy, but that anysuccessful program must incorporate an understandingof the profoundly complex and at times contradictoryhuman dynamics of woodland use and values. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000

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  • Allison Goebel & Bruce Campbell & Billy Mukamuri & Michele Veeman, 2000. "People, values, and woodlands: A field report ofemergent themes in interdisciplinary research in Zimbabwe," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 17(4), pages 385-396, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:17:y:2000:i:4:p:385-396
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1026523629029
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    1. MacDonald, Darla Hatton & Adamowicz, Wiktor L. & Luckert, Martin K., 1998. "Valuing Fuelwood Resources Using a Site Choice Model of Fuelwood Collection," Staff Paper Series 24099, University of Alberta, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology.
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