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Objectives
The course is designed on the lines of a workshop, with the aims that the participants understand and apply the biological, social, and economic principles for the design and operation of social forestry activities, with special reference to the Gujarat Social Forestry Project.
Course Details/Syllabus
The teaching methods will include lectures, seminar, practical
exercises, and group discussions, The course is organized on the
basis of four sessions of approximately 11/2 hours per day and
includes time for private study. Each course will be specifically
designed for the expected participants, and the first two courses
at least will be held at Oxford; in future a field visit may be
appropriate. However, for the first groups of participants from
Gujarat it is not expected that field exposure will be needed;
more important is detailed coverage with notes and practical
exercises for future reference.
| Week 1: The Background | Week 2: Targets and Project Design | ||
| Hours | Hours | ||
| Arrival and
registration. Introduction to course timetable |
2 | The place of training and extension work | 1 |
| Survey and land use planning | 2 | ||
| Outline of the environment and its climate, soil, | Estimation of rural requirements for forest | ||
| water relations, and biotic factors | 10 | produce-questionnaires and surveys | 3 |
| Human population trends | 1 | Cost and benefit estimation and identification | |
| Livestock versus trees | 1 | of beneficiaries | 2 |
| Land tenure | 1 | Private study | 5 |
| Institutional constraints and requirements | 2 | Flexibility in approaches to solution of | |
| Private study | 3 - 20 |
problems identified; multicropping, | |
| agro-forestry, and silvopastures | 1 | ||
| Sociological
studies and receptivity of rural people to schemes involving trees Soil and water conservation |
3 3 20 |