Author(s)

Gisselle A. Mejia, Blair Orr

School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA.

Fourteen farmers with small woodlots were interviewed about the forest management plans promoted by the government of El Salvador. As expected, farmers managed for many utilitarian products such as firewood and timber, but the farmers also expressed a strong set of environmental concerns revolved around the ecological value of their woodlots. Farmers generally approved of forest management plans as they saw how plans contributed to sustainable forestry on their woodlots. Farmers had concerns about specific silvicultural practices and about transportation of harvested timber.

Woodlots, Ecotourism, Forest Law, Chalatenango, Sustainable Management

Mejia, G. and Orr, B. (2015) Forest Management Plans in Los Planes de La Palma, El Salvador. Natural Resources, 6, 527-533. doi: 10.4236/nr.2015.611050.