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Carving out a future : forests, livelihoods and the international woodcarving trade / edited by Anthony Cunningham, Bruce Campbell and Brian Belcher.
Lippincott Library HD9774.W652 C37 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- People and plants conservation series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wood-carving industry--Cross-cultural studies.
- Wood-carving industry.
- Wood-carving industry--Environmental aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 293 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2005.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 1 Livelihoods, Carving and Conservation / Brian Belcher, Anthony Cunningham, Bruce Campbell 1
- History, culture and tradition 2
- Woodcarving: Big business and petty trade 3
- Attention to livelihoods 4
- Learning from experience 5
- Wood supply and conservation 6
- Carving out a future 9
- 2 Global Overview: Tradition, Technology and Trade / Anthony Cunningham 11
- Carvers' preferences: Wood properties and products 13
- Regional differences and distinctiveness 16
- Change, innovation and commercialization 23
- Future trends 27
- 3 Chasing the Wooden Rhino: The Case of Woodcarving in Kenya / Simon K. Choge, Anthony Cunningham, William Ellery 31
- History of woodcarving 32
- Carving in the context of other Kenyan wood markets 35
- Woodcarving: Supply of raw materials 35
- Wood processing and carving 36
- Successful trade, declining resource base 38
- Forestry policy and commercial woodcarving 40
- 4 Drums and Hornbills / Patrick Omeja, Anthony Cunningham, Joseph Obua 43
- History of drum-making 43
- Species selection and volumes used 45
- Tree abundance and size-class distribution 46
- Supply and demand 50
- Ecosystem and socio-cultural implications of resource depletion 51
- Management implications 52
- 5 Sculpture and Identity: The Makonde African Blackwood Carving Movement / Zachary Kingdon 53
- The development of the Makonde African blackwood carving movement 54
- The importance of patronage: The case of Mohamed Peera 57
- Blackwood sculpting and identity 60
- African blackwood and identity 63
- 6 Fallbacks and Tourist Traps: Carving Wood in Southern Zimbabwe / Wavell Standa-Gunda, Oliver Braedt 67
- Chivi study area 68
- Characteristics of the woodcraft markets 69
- The policy environment 76
- Conservation and development lessons 78
- 7 Bowls, Spoons and Other Useful Items: The Kiaat Woodcrafters of Bushbuckridge, South Africa / Sheona E. Shackleton 81
- Geographic and socio-economic setting of the case 82
- The Bushbuckridge woodcraft industry in context 84
- Wood sources, access and characteristics of the resource base 87
- Processing industry 95
- Trade and markets 99
- The way forward 101
- 8 Carvers, Conservation and Certification in India / Sudipto Chatterjee, Manish Pande, Govinda Pangging, Gitika Goswami 103
- Diversity of products and scale of production 104
- Growth and limits to growth 108
- Logs and livelihoods 109
- Resource and forestry policy implications: No wood, no work 110
- Alternative supply sources 113
- State and United Nations support in policy and practice 115
- 9 Colour, Sustainability and Market Sense in Bali / Dede Rohadi, Pipin Permadi, Syarif Hidayat 121
- Historical background 121
- Trends in wood species used 123
- Impacts on regional development and livelihoods 126
- Support for the development of the woodcarving industry 130
- 10 'Too Many Trees!': Aboriginal Woodcarvers in Australia / Jennifer Koenig, Jon C. Altman, Anthony D. Griffiths 135
- Aboriginal woodcarving 136
- Aboriginal art industry in Australia 138
- Aboriginal woodcarvers in Maningrida, central Arnhem Land 140
- Future directions 145
- 11 Fantasy Figures: Bursera Woodcarving in Oaxaca, Mexico / Silvia E. Purata, Michael Chibnik, Berry J. Brosi, Ana Maria Lopez 147
- History of carving 148
- The resource base 150
- Harvesters 152
- Carvers and carving 154
- Trends and prospects 157
- 12 Linaloe Wood Handicrafts: Natural and Social Witnesses / Paul Hersch-Martinez, Robert Glass 161
- History 162
- Natural resources and conflicting uses 163
- The production process 165
- Trade 170
- Contribution of linaloe craftsmanship to household income 171
- Trends 171
- 13 Getting Out of the Woods: Learning from a Comparison of Cases / Brian Belcher, Ramadhani Achdiawan 175
- The case comparison: Methods 176
- The woodcarving cases 177
- Comparison with other NTFPs 179
- Role of NTFPs in household economies 186
- Organization in the processing sector 188
- Investing in the woodcarving sector 189
- 14 Ecological Footprints: Carving, Sustainability and Scarcity / Anthony Cunningham, Bruce Campbell, Brian Belcher, Ramadhani Achdiawan 199
- Focal families and genera 201
- Context and carving woods: Multiple reasons for scarcity 207
- Predicting carver responses to wood scarcity 209
- Resource managers and conservationists: What's your worst nightmare? 214
- Beyond trees: 'Ecological footprints' and wildlife 220
- The transition from wild harvest to tree cultivation 224
- 15 Certification of Woodcarving / Susanne F. Schmitt, David R. Maingi 229
- What is certification and what can it do for woodcarving? 229
- Certifying Kenyan woodcarvings 234
- Overcoming the constraints to certifying Kenyan woodcarvings 238
- 16 Carving Out a Future: Planning for Woodcarving in the 21st Century / Bruce Campbell, Anthony Cunningham, Brian Belcher 249
- Why woodcarving is important 249
- What needs to be done: Towards best practice 256
- What needs to be done: Towards more enabling policies and strategies 261.
- Notes:
- "WWF; Unesco; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-286) and index.
- ISBN:
- 184407045X
- OCLC:
- 57579353
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