REVIEW OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN THE SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
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Social capital, Sustainable Forest Management, Collaboration, Local CommunitiesAbstract
Social knowledge is a key ingredient in sustainably managing forest resources. It offers an understanding of how people living in forested areas can coexist. Social capital has become a type of community knowledge as far as the matter of community forest management is concerned. Research should be carried out on social capital, which is central role to community-based forest management. This research aims to grasp the theory of social capital, specifically its relevance to communities building a shared identity and engagement to change their managed forests into common "public" spaces, both for the residents and the forest manager. This study uses the literature review method. The findings provide a general understanding of forest management through social capital. The following concepts provide a basic understanding of forest management linked with social capital: 1. Social capital in forest management. 2. Social capital plays an important role in forest management. 3. Social capital expresses itself in forest management. 4. Social capital in action for the forest. 5. Obstacles and challenges to developing social capital in forest management. 6. The measurement of social capital is applied as a management context. 7. Research on social capital in forest management includes managerial implications. 8. The opportunity and challenge of integrating social capital into forest governance. The conclusion is that social capital is the crucial pillar of the sustainable forest management framework.
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