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Taylor & Francis Ltd Carving Out A Future: Forests Livelihoods And The International Woodcarving Trade (People And Plants International Conservation) by 39 Plt
Very little has yet been written about the cultural or economic contributions of woodcarving to peoples livelihoods or the consequences of felling hardwood and softwood trees for the international woodcarving trade. Carving Out a Future is the first examination of this trade and its critical links to rural livelihoods biodiversity conservation forestry and the international trade regime. A range of case studies from Australia Bali IndiaAfrica and Mexico provides a lens for examining the critical issues relating to the significant impacts of woodcarving on forests conservation efforts the need to promote sustainable rural livelihoods and efforts to promote trade so that skilled artisans in developing countries get a fair economic return.Livelihoods Carving and Conservation * Global Overview * The Case of Woodcarving in Kenya * Drums and Hornbills * Sculpture and Identity * Carving Wood in Southern Zimbabwe * The Kiaat Woodcrafters of Bushbuckridge South Africa * Carvers Conservation and Certification in India * Colour Sustainability and Market Sense in Bali * Aboriginal Woodcarvers in Australia * BurseraWoodcarving in Oaxaca Mexico * Linaloe Wood Handicrafts * Learning from a Comparison of Cases * Carving Sustainability and Scarcity * Certification of Woodcarving * Planning for Woodcarving in the 21st Century *show more