Table of Contents

Towards Understanding the Role of Forests in Rural Livelihoods * Quantitative Methods for Estimating the Economic * Value of Resource Use to Rural Households * Understanding Local and Regional Markets for Forests Products * An Introduction to Approaches and Issues for Measuring Non-market Values in Developing Economics * Economic Decision-making Frameworks for Considering Resource Values: Procedures, Perils and Promise * Participatory Methods for Exploring Livelihood Values Derived from Forests: Potential and Limitations * Searching for Synthesis: Integrating Economic Perspectives with those from Other Disciplines * Expanding our Conceptual and Methodological Understanding of the Role of Trees and Forests in Rural Livelihoods * References * Index

About the Author

Bruce Cambell is an ecologist in the Research Division of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia. Martin Luckert is Professor of Forest Economics at the Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta, Canada, and a research associate with CIFOR.

Reviews

"Uncovering the Hidden Harvest" is a practical handbook about helping local peoples in undeveloped countries understand the values of forests and forest conservation. This book is part of the invaluable "People and Plants Conservation Series," which is being supported by the World Wildlife Fund, UNESCO, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Having recently traveled to parts of the world (Nepal and Ghana) where forest resources are used very primitively for cooking and heating, this reviewer found this book extremely useful in putting into words what he had surmised. The editors have pulled together a wonderful set of practical and usable chapters that cover economic values, rural markets, nonmarket values, and participatory and synthesis methods for integrating conservation into thinking about forest resource values. This book should be required reading for anyone promoting wise use of forest resources in developing countries, especially for Peace Corp volunteers. All levels." --- D. F.