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Adaptive Capacity in Community Forest Management: A Systematic Review of Studies in East Asia

Environmental Management volume 59, pages 34–49 (2017)Cite this article

Abstract

This study investigated the indicators of adaptive capacity along with disturbances in community forest management systems in the East Asian countries, China, Japan and South Korea. Although these countries have centuries-old traditions of community-based forest management, they have been less researched in light of adaptive capacity for resilient social-ecological systems. Recent social and ecological disturbances bring about new challenges and/or opportunities to the capacity of forest related communities to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. Through a systematic review of the community forestry and related adaptive capacity literature in three East Asian countries, this study addressed the role of diverse knowledge systems, such as traditional and Western scientific knowledge, and civic traditions of self-organization in local communities that characterized adaptive capacity of this region. This study extends our understanding of community-based conservation efforts and traditions of this region, and adds to the understandings gleaned from studies of community forestry in the West and sacred forests in other parts of Asia and Africa. Further research on ways to increase adaptive capacity is needed in a site-specific context.

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Lee, E., Krasny, M.E. Adaptive Capacity in Community Forest Management: A Systematic Review of Studies in East Asia. Environmental Management 59, 34–49 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-016-0767-2

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Keywords

  • Adaptive capacity
  • Community forest management
  • Disturbance
  • East Asia
  • Systematic review

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