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Glass Half Full or Half Empty? The Contribution of Cacao in Traditional Agroforestry Systems to the Income of Indigenous Peoples in the Ecuadorian Amazon Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Cristian Vasco, Bolier Torres, Valdano Tafur, Lourdes Caisaguano, Marcelo Luna, Alexandra Torres
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Mobile App for Eucalyptus bucking—Value Chain Optimization for Smallholders Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Tomi Kaakkurivaara, Heikki Korpunen, Nopparat Kaakkurivaara
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Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Land Use and Land Cover, and Small-Scale Forest Expansion in Northwestern Ethiopian Highlands Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Solomon Mulu, Zebene Asfaw, Asmamaw Alemu, Demel Teketay, Temesgen Gashaw, Wondim Alemu
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Factors That Shaped the Forestry Extension System in Japan: Adoption and Adaptation of the United States Model After World War II Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Ryoko Ishizaki, Manuela G. Hartwig
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Following up with Forest Inheritors: A Survival Analysis of Recently Inherited and Recently Sold Non-Industrial Forest Land in the State of Washington, USA Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-19
Abstract A growing body of literature shows that the transfer of forest land from one owner to another in the US is associated with events such as parcelization of forest land and/or the subsequent conversion of the land away from forestry land use. For individuals and families who own forest land, a key driver of ownership transfer is the eventual or actual mortality of forest owners themselves. In
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Influence of Foreign Religion on Customary Management of Natural Resources: The Case of Sacred Groves in Sefwi Wiawso Municipality, Ghana Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Rikiatu Husseini, Sraku Dennis Gyamfi, Latif Iddrisu Nasare, Conrad-J. Wuleka Kuuder
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Comparing Motivations, Learning Interests, and Barriers to Expansion Among Non-commercial and Commercial Maple Syrup Producers in Wisconsin Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Scott Hershberger, Bret Shaw, Tricia A. Gorby, Jeremy Solin, Patrick Robinson, Kris Tiles, Chad Cook, Chen-Ting Chang
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Timber Production Opportunities from Private Native Forests in Southern Queensland Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-11 Ben Francis, Tyron Venn, Tom Lewis
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Non-industrial Private Forest Owners’ Knowledge and Forest Management Preferences Regarding Forest Damage in Northern Sweden Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-04 Thomas Kronholm
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Traditional Farmlands for Tree Species Conservation in Benin Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Bokon Alexis Akakpo, Elie Antoine Padonou, Adandé Belarmain Fandohan, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo
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The Effect of Farmers' Livelihood Capital on Non-agricultural Income Based on the Regulatory Effect of Returning Farmland to Forests: A Case Study of Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County in China Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Xiaoliang Shi, Sibo Zhao, Shuaiyu Lu, Tielong Wang, Xiaowei Xu
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Forest Operations Using a Combi–Forwarder in Deciduous Forests Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Stanimir Stoilov, Andrea Rosario Proto, Delyan Oslekov, Georgi Angelov, Salvatore Francesco Papandrea
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Determinants of Smallholders’ Commercial Plantation Establishment: Challenges and Opportunities to Promote Tree-Based Livelihood in Ethiopia Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Bekele Balcha, Mesele Negash, Getahun Kassa, Degnet Abebaw, Habtemariam Kassa, Abdu Abdelkadir, Efrem Garedew
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A Survival Analysis of Family Forest Owners in the USA: Estimating Life Expectancy and 5-Year Survivorship Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Jesse Caputo, B. J. Butler, M. Markowski-Lindsay, P. Catanzaro
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Ranking Research and Development Needs of Silvicultural Operations for a Plantation Forestry Cooperative Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Zimbili Bonisiwe Sibiya, Carola Häggström, Bruce Talbot
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Farming with Trees for Soil Fertility, Moisture Retention and Crop Productivity Improvement: Perceptions from Farmers in Rwanda Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 R. A. Cyamweshi, S. Kuyah, A. Mukuralinda, J. Ngango, S. R. Mbaraka, J. D. Manirere, W. C. Muthuri
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Does Absence Make the Heart Grow Less Fond? Spatial Proximity Partially Predicts Family Forest Landowner Engagement Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Jesse Caputo, Stephanie A. Snyder
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Family Forest Owner Attitudes Toward Oak Forests and Management in the Central and Eastern U.S. Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-08 EM Sass, BJ Butler, J Caputo, AL Robillard
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One Size Does not Fit all: Constraints and Opportunities for Small-Scale Forestry in British Columbia, Canada Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Rebecca Anne Riggs, Chris Gaston, James Douglas Langston, Jeffrey Sayer
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Analysis of Tropical Sawn-Wood Supply from Cameroon: Critical Linkages of Forest and Economic Policies Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-18 Ernest L. Molua
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Seventeen Years of Forest Restoration with Small-Scale Technologies: Time and Fuel Consumption for Alternative Operations and Techniques Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Natascia Magagnotti, Matevz Mihelic, Anna Perazzolo, Raffaele Spinelli
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Estimating Forest-Based Livelihood Strategies Focused on Accessibility of Market Demand and Forest Proximity Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-18 Soumen Bisui, Biswajeet Pradhan, Sambhunath Roy, Debashish Sengupta, Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit
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Expertise, Identity, and Relationships in Private Forestry Practice Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Abigail L. Jamison, Theodore R. Alter, Allyson B. Muth
In the management of private forests, it is important for a forester to understand and prescribe action rooted in sound science and technique but also in landowner values. Prior research has indicated that storytelling and sharing, which surface a landowner’s values, often result from an established, trusted connection with their forester. Empirical and experiential knowledge indicate that landowners
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Services for What and for Whom? A Literature Review of Private Forest Owners’ Decision-Making in Relation to Forest-Based Services Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-18 Anne Matilainen, Elias Andersson, Merja Lähdesmäki, Gun Lidestav, Sami Kurki
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Impact of Household Interventions on Homestead Biodiversity Management and Household Livelihood Resilience: An Intertemporal Analysis from Bangladesh Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-14 Mohammad Razib Hossain, Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan
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Conditions that Enable Successful Participation of Smallholder Tree Growers in Timber Value Chains Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-01-23 Dora Carias Vega, Tony Page
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The Impact of Swedish Forest Owners’ Values and Objectives on Management Practices and Forest Policy Accomplishment Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-01-06 Gun Lidestav, Kerstin Westin
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Understanding the Impacts of Forest Management in Sal (Shorea robusta) Dominant Forest Stands in the Western Lowlands of Nepal Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-11-10 Kajol Belbase, Sagar Godar Chhetri, Suraj Upadhaya, Arun Sharma Poudel
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If A Tree Falls in A Forest, Why Do People Care? An Analysis of Private Family Forest Owners’ Reasons for Owning Forest in the United States National Woodland Owner Survey Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-11-05 David W. Shanafelt, Jesse Caputo, Jens Abildtrup, Brett J. Butler
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From Within and Without: Gender, Agency and Sustainable Management of Non-Timber Forest Products in Two Indian States Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-11-05 Riina Jalonen, Rafaella Ferraz Ziegert, Hugo A. H. Lamers, Narasimha Hegde
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Competition in a Mixed-Species Planting with Four Contrasting Tree Species Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-17 Jerome K. Vanclay, Nestor O. Gregorio, John L. Herbohn
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The Effect of Managers’ Personal Characteristics on the Performance of Community Forest Enterprises Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-17 Meike Siegner, Robert Kozak, Rajat Panwar
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Studies of Family Forest Owners in the USA: A Systematic Review of Literature from 2000 through 2019 Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-06 Brett J. Butler, Sarah M. Butler, Kristin Floress
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Timber Provision on Soft Soils in Forests Providing Protection Against Natural Hazards: A Productivity and Cost Analysis Using the Koller 507 in the Horizontal Yarding Direction in Switzerland Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-09-18 Janine Schweier, Marc Werder, Leo G. Bont
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Forest Owners’ Perspectives Concerning Non-Timber Forest Products, Everyman’s Rights, and Organic Certification of Forests in Eastern Finland Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-09-16 Hanna Muttilainen, Ville Hallikainen, Jari Miina, Juha Vornanen, Henri Vanhanen
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Timber Production Potential of Trees on Farmlands Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 S. Suresh Ramanan, Ayyanadar Arunachalam, Arun Kumar Handa
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Only a Noise? The Role of Non-governmental Organizations in the Policy Processes of a New Social Forestry Model in Indonesia Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-09-04 Sari Rahayu, Dwi Laraswati, Dwiko B. Permadi, Muhammad A. K. Sahide, Ahmad Maryudi
Social forestry has been widely promoted as a policy strategy to improve the livelihoods of rural communities by granting them rights or permits to manage forests. How it is mainstreamed and how the related policy options are exercised and implemented have become vibrant areas of scientific inquiries. This study analyzes the formal policy formulation processes of a new social forestry scheme in Indonesia
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How financially viable is smallholder forestry? A case study with a high-value tropical forestry species Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Liz Ota, Tony Page, Rexon Viranamangga, Toufau Kalsakau, John Herbohn
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Untangling the Regulatory Environment: Why do Wood Processing Businesses in Indonesia Fail to be Competitive in the Global Market? Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-28 Lukas Rumboko Wibowo, Nur Hayati, Achmad Rizal Bisjoe, Dewi Ratna Kurniasari, Kristiana Tri Wahyudiyati, Digby Race
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The Influence of Harvesting Systems on Productivity, Costs, and Soil Compaction in Small-Scale Forestry Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-25 Oscar Bustos-Letelier, Carlos Mena, Rómulo Santelices-Moya, Antonio Cabrera-Ariza
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Marketers’ Conduct and Profitability as a Response to Sustainable Livelihood: The Example of Bush Mango Kernels (Irvingia spp.) in Ondo State, Nigeria Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-19 Adewale Isaac Olutumise, Justin Orimisan Ijigbade, Oluyede Adeleke Aturamu
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Factors influencing farmer choices of use of shade trees in coffee fields around Mount Elgon, Eastern Uganda Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-18 Esther Sebuliba, Prossy Isubikalu, Nelson Turyahabwe, Majaliwa Mwanjalolo J. G., Gerald Eilu, Harriet Kebirungi, Anthony Egeru, Adipala Ekwamu
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An integrated value chain analysis of non-timber forest products: a case of Jharkhand State of India Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-14 Muneer Ahmad Magry, David Cahill, James Rookes, Sapna A. Narula
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Supporting Community Forestry Certification in Tropical Countries by Increasing Actor Engagement across Scales Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-07 Susan Charnley, Shoana Humphries, Gretchen Engbring, Gregory Frey
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Valuation of Ecosystem Services: A Source of Financing Mediterranean Loss-Making Forests Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-06-28 Álvaro Enríquez-de-Salamanca
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Price premiums for certified wood products in Japan: A case study on cutting boards made of Japanese Cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Ikuo Ota, Masumi Kamakura, Masashi Konoshima
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Non-Timber Forest Products: Small Matters, Big Significance, and the Complexity of Reaching a Workable Definition for Sustainability Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-06-17 Tzitzi Sharhí Delgado, Michael K. McCall, Citlalli López-Binnqüist
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An evidence-based compensation scheme for wildlife damages in giant panda reserves in Sichuan, China Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-06-14 Lan Gao, Wei Zhou, Song Chen
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Forest Stewardship Council Certification of Forest Plantation Management in the Southern Cone of America Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-06-12 L. S. Dagnaisser, J. Chaves Cardoso, L. O. M. M. Ribeiro, M. A. Monte, E. V. Silva, V. M. Basso
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Factors Influencing Private Forest Owners’ Readiness to Perform Forest Management Services Within a Machinery Ring Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-05-17 Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh, Nike Krajnc, Matevž Triplat
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Performance of Forwarding Operations in Biomass Recovery from Apple Orchards Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-04-26 Maria Francesca Cataldo, Marina Viorela Marcu, Eugen Iordache, Giuseppe Zimbalatti, Andrea Rosario Proto, Stelian Alexandru Borz
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Private Forestlands in South Carolina: Motivations for Implementing Conservation Practices Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-04-07 Lucas Clay, Katharine Perkins, Marzieh Motallebi
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Testing the Applicability and Credibility of the High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) Toolkit: A Systematic Global Review Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-04-04 Behnoosh Abbasnezhad, Jesse B. Abrams
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Knowledge Retention and Changes in Licensed Chainsaw Workers’ risk awareness Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-04-02 Carola Häggström, Björn Edlund
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Evaluating the “Village Forests” in Indonesia: Property Rights and Sustainability Perspectives Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Yanto Rochmayanto, Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat, Catherine Locke, Thorkil Casse, Bramasto Nugroho, Dudung Darusman
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Economic Contributions of Forestry Service Providers in Mississippi, USA Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Thad Webb, T. Eric McConnell, Shaun Tanger, Alan Barefield
We used three comprehensive datasets to assess economic activities at as granular a level as possible for Support Activities for Forestry industry in Mississippi in 2019. The labor market company Emsi® provided the most current employment estimates by 6-digit North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes along with a geographic listing of businesses by NAICS codes that contained employment
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Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners (NIPF) Willingness to Pay for Forest Certification in Arkansas Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-03-18 Nana Tian
Forest certification is a global voluntary, market-based approach to promoting sustainable forest management. A major barrier for small landowners like nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners in the southeastern United States to participate in this program is certification costs. We conducted a mail survey of NIPF landowners in Arkansas to uncover whether they are willing to pay for forest certification
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Assessing Economic and Shared Social Values of Forest Conservation to Improve Water Availability: A Case Study of the Protected Forest Reserve of El Quinini, Colombia Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-03-11 Sandra Rodríguez-Piñeros, Diana Marcela Sabogal-Aguilar, Liz F. Villarraga-Flórez
Most of the rural population of developing countries depends on forest ecosystems; consequently, there is a myriad of trade-offs that jeopardize the ability of the forest to produce goods and services. To maintain the current forest cover and offer opportunities to improve rural livelihoods, more attention has been paid to the development of strategies to assess the plurality of values associated with
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Management and Woody Species Diversity in Boundary Agroforestry of Banja District, Northwestern Ethiopia Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-03-04 Adamu Worku Kassa, Zebene Asfaw Nigussie
Although boundaries are considered important semi-natural environments and refugia for biodiversity in areas dominated by intensive agriculture, the ways local communities manage species diversity has received little attention. Hence, this study has characterized major boundary types and the associated woody species diversity and socioeconomic role of boundary agroforestry in northwestern Ethiopia
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The Contribution of Forest Extraction to Income Diversification and Poverty Alleviation for Indonesian Smallholder Cattle Breeders Small scale For. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Eko Nugroho, Rico Ihle, Wim Heijman, Simon J. Oosting
Smallholder farmers in developing countries often lack resources. They rely mostly on extensive production approaches, such as cattle keeping and resort more to extracting forest resources at no charge. Our objective is to assess the relationship between the diversification of income sources, poverty and livelihood capital for smallholder farm households which combine cattle farming with forest extraction