Conflict management

Seven of the ten papers in this issue are devoted to conflict resolution in sustainable forest management (and agroforestry), as this is one of the new topics with which the FTP Programme is working. The papers are: (1) Conflict management and forest disputes - a path out of the wood? (Pendzich, C.) - the leading article; (2) Social forestry in Java: a compromise that is working (Arihadi, Y.) - a taungya system; (3) An even better compromise! An interesting agroforestry system used by Sabah Forest Industries in Malaysia (Nykvist, N.) - in which leguminous trees (mainly Acacia mangium) are planted with rice after clearing (and burning) forest land, and grown on for pulpwood after crop harvesting; (4) Mapping out a future strategy for conflict resolution: the case of the Coronel Watershed, Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija, Philippines (Watershed Community Assistance Team, Environmental Research Division) - a severely degraded area due to over-logging; (5) Ecological movements: strategies for managing conflicts around natural resources - a case study of forests (Maitreyi, K.R.); (6) Conflict situation in Haryana: a case study presented in Joint Forest Management: concept and opportunities (Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development, India); and (7) The Barabaig/NAFCO conflict in Tanzania: on whose terms can it be resolved? (Lane, C.) - the conflict between the pastoral requirements of the Barabaig people and the wheat farming plans of the National Agriculture and Food Corporation (NAFCO).