摘要 : Recent international research, especially about developing countries, has begun to question the success of the concept of "Community Forestry" which was introduced internationally by the end of the 1970's. It appears that communit... 展开 Recent international research, especially about developing countries, has begun to question the success of the concept of "Community Forestry" which was introduced internationally by the end of the 1970's. It appears that community forestry contributes towards a positive ecological outcome, but the devolution of power to local users and livelihood improvement do not happen. Given that community forests have existed in Germany for more than 200 years, the article investigates whether the German community forestry model can be applied to community forestry worldwide. Eleven very successful community forests in Germany were analyzed, focusing on the social, economic and ecological outcomes of community forestry. The results show that the community forestry approach can promote the greening of the forest and its ability to provide products and services. However, the additional goals of the community forest concept, i.e., meaningful participation and high profits for all users, have not been met in thecase studies. Sobering results for community forests worldwide seem to be in line with these findings. 收起