Community forestry for sustainability: An international perspective

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST

Location: Embassy Suites, Canyon Maple C

Speaker(s)

Sheila Ward, PhD (she/her/hers)

Executive Officer
International Society of Tropical Foresters
SAF Working Group Officer
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
Robert Sturtevant, MS (he/him/his)

Forester
Colorado State University
SAF Working Group Officer
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Nicholas Brokaw, PhD

retired
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States

Community forestry is an important approach to forest management in much of the world. This session compares aspects of community forestry in concrete examples from different ecosystems and societies from both tropical and temperate regions. We explore aspects of community-based management that promote or impede sustainability of forest resources.

Learning Objectives:

1) Upon completion, session participants will be able to enumerate ways in which community-based forestry management promotes or detracts from sustainability of forest resources.
2) Upon completion, session participants will be able to contrast community forestry approaches for several different societies or environments.