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1 online resource (316 pages)
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1st ed.
ISBN:
9781844070459
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9781849770705
Content:
Very little has yet been written about the cultural or economic contributions of woodcarving to people's 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, India,Africa 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 *.
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Intro -- Carving Out a Future Forests, Livelihoods and the International Woodcarving Trade -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1 Livelihoods, Carving and Conservation -- Introduction -- History, culture and tradition -- Woodcarving: Big business and petty trade -- Attention to livelihoods -- Learning from experience -- Wood supply and conservation -- Carving out a future -- 2 Global Overview: Tradition, Technology and Trade -- Introduction -- Carvers' preferences: Wood properties and products -- Regional differences and distinctiveness -- Change, innovation and commercialization -- Future trends -- 3 Chasing the Wooden Rhino: The Case of Woodcarving in Kenya -- Introduction -- History of woodcarving -- Carving in the context of other Kenyan wood markets -- Woodcarving: Supply of raw materials -- Wood processing and carving -- Successful trade, declining resource base -- Forestry policy and commercial woodcarving -- 4 Drums and Hornbills -- Introduction -- History of drum-making -- Species selection and volumes used -- Tree abundance and size-class distribution -- Supply and demand -- Ecosystem and socio-cultural implications of resource depletion -- Management implications -- 5 Sculpture and Identity: The Makonde African Blackwood Carving Movement -- Introduction -- The development of the Makonde African blackwood carving movement -- The importance of patronage: The case of Mohamed Peera -- Blackwood sculpting and identity -- African blackwood and identity -- Conclusions -- 6 Fallbacks and Tourist Traps: Carving Wood in Southern Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- Chivi study area -- Characteristics of the woodcraft markets -- The policy environment -- Conservation and development lessons
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14 Ecological Footprints: Carving, Sustainability and Scarcity -- Introduction -- Focal families and genera -- Context and carving woods: Multiple reasons for scarcity -- Predicting carver responses to wood scarcity -- Resource managers and conservationists: What's your worst nightmare? -- Beyond trees: 'Ecological footprints' and wildlife -- The transition from wild harvest to tree cultivation -- Conclusions -- 15 Certification of Woodcarving -- Introduction -- What is certification and what can it do for woodcarving? -- Certifying Kenyan woodcarvings -- Overcoming the constraints to certifying Kenyan woodcarvings -- Conclusions -- 16 Carving Out a Future: Planning for Woodcarving in the 21st Century -- Introduction -- Why woodcarving is important -- What needs to be done: Towards best practice -- What needs to be done: Towards more enabling policies and strategies -- Conclusions -- References -- Index
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7 Bowls, Spoons and Other Useful Items: The Kiaat Woodcrafters of Bushbuckridge, South Africa -- Introduction -- Geographic and socio-economic setting of the case -- The Bushbuckridge woodcraft industry in context -- Wood sources, access and characteristics of the resource base -- Processing industry -- Trade and markets -- The way forward -- 8 Carvers, Conservation and Certification in India -- Introduction -- Diversity of products and scale of production -- Growth and limits to growth -- Logs and livelihoods -- Resource and forestry policy implications: No wood, no work -- Alternative supply sources -- State and United Nations support in policy and practice -- Conclusions -- 9 Colour, Sustainability and Market Sense in Bali -- Introduction -- Historical background -- Trends in wood species used -- Impacts on regional development and livelihoods -- Support for the development of the woodcarving industry -- Conclusions -- 10 'Too Many Trees!': Aboriginal Woodcarvers in Australia -- Introduction -- Aboriginal woodcarving -- Aboriginal art industry in Australia -- Aboriginal woodcarvers in Maningrida, central Arnhem Land -- Future directions -- 11 Fantasy Figures: Bursera Woodcarving in Oaxaca, Mexico -- Introduction -- History of carving -- The resource base -- Harvesters -- Carvers and carving -- Trends and prospects -- 12 Linaloe Wood Handicrafts: Natural and Social Witnesses -- Introduction -- History -- Natural resources and conflicting uses -- The production process -- Trade -- Contribution of linaloe craftsmanship to household income -- Trends -- 13 Getting Out of the Woods: Learning from a Comparison of Cases -- Introduction -- The case comparison: Methods -- The woodcarving cases -- Comparison with other NTFPs -- Role of NTFPs in household economies -- Organization in the processing sector -- Investing in the woodcarving sector -- Conclusions
Additional Edition:
Print version Belcher, Brian Carving Out a Future Toronto : Taylor & Francis Group,c2005 ISBN 9781844070459
Language:
English
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