TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Shrubland Management in Tribal Islamic Yemen.

Social Forestry as Development of a Local and Sustainable (Sylvi)Culture.

An Essay in Practical Philosophy.

Rheinfelden, February 1998

M. Herzog

                                                    1 Introduction

1.1 Description of the Case (pre-knowledge of the system, inventory) & Research Design.   

 2 Methodology

2.0 Science-s. The Western Causal Approach. (Complexity in Tree Physiology)

2.1 Heuristics [esp. Morphology] & 2.2 Systems Analysis and Models

2.3 Quantitative (statistics) versus Qualitative (under-standing) Research. Specific Principles in Social & Political Sciences    - Topics.

2.5 Specific Principles at the Economical Level

3 Orientation and Steering

3.1 The Orientation of Economics and the Orientation of Development. The Critical Factors for Steering Purposes

3.2 Management = The Steering of Economic Development

3.3 The Steering of social Development = Politics?

3.4 From Knowledge to Action

3.5 Learning

3.6 Orientational Knowledge - the Need for a Science that Accepts Transcendental Questions and Answers (ETHICS).

                                 4 Results

4.1 Rainfall

4.1 Physiological Factors; Climate & Soils