Week 1
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Introduction to Course and Community forestry
Promise and Pitfalls
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Week 2
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Diverse meanings of community forestry
Concepts of Community
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Web Search DUE
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Week 3
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Property and Forests
Private, Public and Common Property
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Quiz
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Week 4
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Social Capital
Collaborative Process
Community Capacity |
Quiz
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Week 5
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Cases of community forestry abroad
Cases of community forestry in the US
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Project Proposal due - draft
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Week 6
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Critiques of community forestry –ecological,
equity, institutional
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Quiz
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Week 7
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Review of concepts
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Mid-Term Exam
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Week 8
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Intro to US policies of CF
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Project Proposal due- final for grading
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Week 9
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Issues in US community forestry
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Week 10
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Field Trip – Community forestry New England
style
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Week 11
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May the Ford be with you
(transfer and growth of an idea in the US)
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Second written report due (approx)
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Week 12
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Week 13
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Envisioning “social forestry” --more
than just communities
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Week 14
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Class presentations
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Week 15
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Class presentations
Evaluation – formal and informal
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Last day!
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Reflection: Where
does community forestry go from here?
Where do we go from here?What
will you go away with?
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Final Projects DUE
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