The road to sustainable Forest management and stewardship has been debated for decades.
Caught in the middle of this debate, Forest inhabitants of the developing world struggle to balance the extraction of precarious livelihoods from forests while responding to increasing pressures from national governments, internation.
Some say that the only way to stem the tide of deforestation is to place as many tracts as possible under strict protection.
Some advocate for governmental control and oversight.
The road to sustainable Forest management and stewardship has been debated for decades