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Creator:: Pant, Suman
Abstract:: Nepal’s community forestry has been internationally recognized as an example of successful case of collective action. However, many scholars argue that although it has been successful in protecting forests from degradation, it has not been able to create an inclusive platform for political decision-making process. Using historical analysis, comparative case...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: area back then, I was intrigued by the community forestry program in Nepal, and how it had helped

Creator:: Harrison, Jane L.
Abstract:: This study seeks to explore the relationship between social capital and well-being in the rural Western United States. Mixed methods were employed to understand the concepts from multiple angles, using both profile and process indicators. An econometric approach used profile indicators and relied on data from 414 counties in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: community well-being. Poverty rates were similarly shown to not be significant in explaining social

Creator:: Latimer, Lisa Marie
Abstract:: This thesis explores the complexity of relationships between communities and the ecosystems in which they live through a focus on forest restoration and fuels reduction on private land. As a case study, research took place in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of rural Northern California, in Humboldt and Siskiyou counties. The research...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: forest resources, high levels of biodiversity, current wildfire problem, and community interest in fuels

Creator:: Kelly, Erin Clover
Abstract:: Forests of the Inland West have been experiencing forest health problems arising from over a hundred years of fire suppression, logging, grazing, and mismanagement. Rural communities, meanwhile, have seen escalating unemployment, an exodus of young families, and a dearth of middle-income jobs. The objectives of this thesis are to: 1)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Edwards, Kearstin K.
Abstract:: Increasing land fragmentation, environmental regulations and neighbors' concerns pose significant challenges to forest owners at the urban fringe, whose properties are physically caught between rural landscapes and continually expanding urban centers. Using Oregon's Soap Creek Watershed as a study site, we paired qualitative and quantitative methods to identify stakeholders, their...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Thompson, Sara Anne
Abstract:: The goal of this research is to understand factors influencing the use of TEK in natural resource management collaborations between tribes and federal agencies. This includes what evidence exists that TEK is being used, what tribal factors influence the use of TEK, what agency factors influence the use of TEK,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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