"This book is a remarkably personal report of the authors'
trans-tropical experiences with forest dwellers. The experience was
extensive, sometimes spanning years, and the report is the work of
professional reporters, experienced at reaching to the core of
critical issues of life and survival. The story is not a pretty
one, and the prognosis is not good. But in their eyes the key lies
in restoring and defending the rights of forest dwellers and
encouraging in every way their age-old interest in preserving the
integrity of forest lands. The authors are familiar with the
international agencies and their programs, their successes and
failures. Roger Stone was intimately involved in the World
Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development and draws heavily
on that experience. The book will strengthen the conclusions of
that Commission to the effect that the world's future lies heavily
entangled with the continuity of forests globally, and that
continuity hinges on respect for local interests."--George M.
Woodwell, Director, Woods Hole Research Center
"For twenty years, we have watched TV specials on the
destruction of tropical forests -- an acre a second lost, every
second for twenty years. This beautifully written book takes you
right to the middle of the current international debate about what
to do about it. It pulls no punches and proposes its own
provocative solution. It offers a perspective that cannot be
ignored and an answer that needs to be tried."--James Gustave
Speth, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Science
"For more than a century, the conservation movement has
dedicated its energy to protecting the Earth's biodiversity. WWF
has built its conservation philosophyand foundation for over forty
years on principles of sound science, effective public policy, and
recognition of the fundamental role local people bring to achieving
tangible conservation results on the ground. Roger Stone and
Claudia D'Andrea take us on a tour of the tropical forested regions
of the world and capture important lessons about the merits of
local control over forest resources. Their wide-ranging portrayal
of community-based forest management arrangements, set within the
global context of deforestation and loss of biodiversity, provides
compelling testimony to the wisdom of empowering local people and
nurturing their spirit as effective forest stewards."--Kathryn S.
Fuller, President, World Wildlife Fund
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