The new forester.

List of boxes iv Foreword v Preface vi 1. Setting the Scene 1 The challenge of wood: the biomass economy 1 From plantation to fields: location of the problem 2 From fuelwood to trees: redefining intervention 8 Social forestry 12 2. Tools for Work - Indigenous Knowledge 14 Asking questions with people 14 Exploring what people know 15 Exploring how people are 18 3. The Classical and the Social Forester 23 New and old knowledge: traditional versus modern approaches 23 The changing role of the forester in forestry 24 4. The Way Forward 31 Understanding existing management: the least cost solution 31 Traditional versus farm nurseries 42 Seedlings or seed? - simplifying tree establishment 45 Technical issues: the question of species 45 Agroforestry production systems 54 5. The Practicalities of Intervention 60 The new forester in action 60 A model for participatory development: thinking through the process 61 Steps for a participatory process 66 Wood beyond forestry: wood in rural development projects 74 6. A New Approach to Training 82 New modalities: starting points 82 Practical issues 86 7. Conclusion 90 And Now?