Buck, Louise E

Senior Extension Associate
The focus of my work is on facilitation of multi-stakeholder innovation to develop systems of natural resource management that integrate ecological conservation, agricultural production and livelihood goals. I engage in creating and testing frameworks and instructional resources that stimulate interactive (social) learning across different professional structures (disciplines, sectors, management roles). Current applications are in forest farming systems of agroforestry land use in the Northeastern US, and ecoagriculture systems of landscape management in Eastern Africa.

research

research and scholarship focus

Analysis of scientific foundations of ecoagricultural landscape approach to NRM, from biodiversity conservation, agricultural production and local livelihood perspectives.||Analysis of institutional dimensions of innovation systems that support the transformation of maple syrup production from a commodity to a specialty product approach that can help anchor a territorial model of rural development.

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teaching

teaching focus

A graduate level `Seminar in Ecoagriculture` engages students and faculty from multiple disciplines in advancing the concept and the science to support the practice. A graduate level seminar series on `Agroecological Perspectives in Sustainable Development` introduces students from multiple disciplines to issues and advances in international and domestic agriculture and NRM. A `Practicum in Forest Farming` enables undergraduates to participate in experiential learning while improving Cornell`s forest farm. ||Co-coordinating a team of faculty, instructional technology specialists, Extension Educators and forest owners in NYS and PA to create, test, and post to the web an interactive, multi-media, on-line teaching and learning platform and curriculum in forest farming. |http://hosts.cce.cornell.edu/hwwff/index.php

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outreach focus

Coordinating scientific, professional and community organizations in the development of frameworks and platforms that foster interactive learning and knowledge generation to support integrative land use innovations. The focus is on ecoagriculture landscapes, and forest farming systems of agroforestry land use. Applications are both international (developing country, especially Africa) and NY and the Northeast.

background

educational background

  • Ph.D., Cornell University, 2000
  • M.S., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1978
  • B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1974
  • B.S., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1974

publications

selected publications (listing in progress)

  • Buck, L.E. 2007. Farming the forest. Cornell Plantations Magazine 62(2): 6-13.
  • Buck, L.E., Gavin, T.A., Uphoff, N.T. and D.F. Lee. 2007. Scientific Assessment of Ecoagriculture Systems. In: S.J. Scherr and J.A. McNeely (eds.) Farming with Nature: The Art and Science of Ecoagriculture. Washington D.C.: Island Press.
  • Brown, H.C., L.E. Buck, and J.P. Lassoie, 2007. Governance and social learning in the management of non-wood forest products in community forests in Cameroon. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology (forthcoming)
  • Buck, L.E., J.A. Milder, T.A. Gavin and I. Mukerjee. 2006. Understanding Ecoagriculture: A Framework for Measuring Landscape Performance. Discussion Paper No. 2. Ecoagriculture Partners and Cornell University, Washington, DC.
  • Buck, L.E., K.W. Mudge, P.W. Treadwell and M. Jacobson. 2006. The How, When and Why of Forest Farming - online resource center and curriculum for Extension educators and landowners. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ithaca, NY

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Keywords: agroforestry, collective action, community based natural resource management, community-based natural resource management, conservation and sustainable development, ecoagriculture, forest farming, knowledge systems, landscape ecology and management, learning communities, policy and management, social learning, sustainable environment and food systems