Forestry education in sub-saharan Africa and Southeast Asia: trends, myths and realities

The past decades have seen a range of international conventions and agreements taking effect, including Agenda 21, the Biodiversity Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Convention to Combat Desertification. They all have a strong impact on the forestry sector. Forests were once the foresters’ traditional domain, but the range of forestry stakeholders is expanding fast. The scope of forestry-related activities is increasing, both inside and outside the forests. Foresters face an array of new professional challenges, and there is a perception that foresters do not, and even could not, deliver on the ever-expanding forestry agenda. The forestry sector also reaches outside forest borders: trees are becoming increasingly important for benefits such as biodiversity conservation and use, watershed functions, carbon sequestration and for the livelihoods of millions of farmers. The forester who works only with technical aspects of growing, managing and harvesting trees within the forest domain is becoming something of the past. A ‘new’ forester is needed with a much wider set of skills and competencies.

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