ISBN: 9781844070459    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Year of publishing: 2005     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 320        

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.
The topics discussed in this book include: 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; and Planning for Woodcarving in the 21st Century.
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Anthony Cunningham is an ethnobotanist working at Charles Darwin University in Western Australia. He is also Director of People and Plants International. Brian Belcher is Principal Scientist for the Forests and Livelihoods programme at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia. Bruce Campbell conducts research on conservation and development issues for both Charles Darwin University and CIFOR.
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