Author Evans K. et al.

Year of publication 2006

Field Guide to the Future is the latest in a series of books that explain methods to help communities think ahead and plan for change. In the preparation of this field guide, the authors collaborated with communities in many parts of the world, particularly in tropical forest margins, and now share experiences, lessons learned and methods used by those communities, so that other communities can use them to prepare for the future. Today, communities living in tropical forest margins find themselves in the midst of myriad changes: social, political, economic and environmental forces are transforming their worlds quickly. These forces are complex and often interact in unpredictable ways and therefore are difficult to comprehend. The purpose of this field guide is to make thinking about the future easy and empowering. It was written specifically for natural resource dependent communities and the people who work with them. This is not a book of recipes, but rather a tool to inspire creativity and provide those working with local communities with new ideas for working with them.