Sustainable land management has emerged as an issue of major global concern. In many countries particularly in Ethiopia, the concern suitable is because increasing population pressure on limited resources, demanding for increased food production, degradation and water resources accelerating rapidly. If lands well suited agriculture, it will follows further increases production to meet demands p...

Landowner education is the foundation of a broad suite of public investments designed to encourage sustainable forest management. Extension Forestry programs are the primary providers of landowner education in the United States. We report the results of a census of the 50 state-level Extension Forestry Program Leaders on status, trends, and innovations in their programs. These programs employ 2...

The proliferation of private land conservation areas (PLCAs) is placing increasing pressure on conservation authorities to effectively regulate their ecological management. Many PLCAs depend on tourism for income, and charismatic large mammal species are considered important for attracting international visitors. Broad-scale socioeconomic factors therefore have the potential to drive fine-scale...