SFFG 201: Comparative Social Forestry

Teaching-Learning Guide No. 6

Topic : Social Forestry Framework

Sub-topics : Social Forestry Delivery System

Learning Objectives :

At the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:

1. Describe the appropriate administrative structures in promoting social forestry.

2. Assess the lessons that can be derived from some agriculture and rural
development projects patterned after the learning approach in promoting social
forestry projects.
3. Articulate the role of forestry extension in promoting successful social forestry
interventions.
4. Analyze the factors that significantly influence the adoption of social forestry
technologies in the tropics.
5. Identify some practical guidelines in designing social forestry extension
programs.
6. Discuss the mechanisms for generating people’s participation in social forestry.
7. Identify the constraints/requisites for successful social forestry practice?

Learning Method : Lecture-discussion

What to Write :
Questions:

1. How suitable are tropical forestry administrative structures in promoting social

forestry? Is institutional restructuring necessary to achieve the goals of social
forestry?
2. What lessons can be derived from some agriculture and rural development
projects patterned after the learning approach in promoting social forestry
projects?
3. Describe the role of forestry extension in promoting successful social forestry
interventions. Discuss some social forestry extension techniques in the tropics.
What factors significantly influence the adoption of social forestry
technologies?
4. Enumerate some practical guidelines in designing social forestry extension
programs?
5. Discuss the mechanisms for generating people’s participation in social forestry.
6. What are the constraints/requisites for successful social forestry practice?

Learning Guide 6 : Social Forestry Delivery System 1

 7. Describe the social forestry organizational structure and delivery system in
your assigned country and assess their effectiveness in achieving the goals of
social forestry.

What to Read :

NOTE: Unlike the previous Learning Guides, I will not be providing the complete set
of references for this one. You will have to find the references on your own. Please
indicate the complete citation of your references in your answers to Learning Guide.

1. Durst, P., C. Brown, J. Boradhead, R. Suzuki, R. Leslie, and A. Inoguchi. 2008.

Re-inventing forestry agencies: Experiences of institutional restructuring in Asia
and the Pacific. RAP Publication 2008/05 (Please see attached in pdf file)

2. Rebugio, L.L. 1985. Social forestry as a development program. Occasional Paper

No. 5. DSF.UPLBCF, 35 pages (you already have this in LG No. 2).

3. Wiersum, K. F. n.d. ‘Developing Strategies for Social Forestry: A Conceptual

Approach’. East-West Center Working Paper, East-West Honolulu, Hawaii
(please see attached in pdf file).

4. Falconer, J. 1987. Forestry Extension: A Review of Key Issues. Network Paper 4e.
Social Forestry Network, Agricultural Administration Unit, ODI, London, UK., 34
pages.
5. Additional references which are useful in answering the above-mentioned
questions. Please indicate the complete list of your citations in your answers to
Learning Guide.

Learning Guide 6 : Social Forestry Delivery System 2