In the past in Africa, State forest administration took nominal control of local forest management from rural populations. This control, based on a European concept of management, gradually deteriorated and the methods of classical forest management are no longer suited to existing conditions. Th...
Antona, M.
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Babin, D.
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[Multiple interest accommodation in African forest management projects: between pragmatism and theoretical coherence]
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Multiple interest accommodation in African forest management projects: between pragmatism and theoretical coherence
Management means allocating and distributing limited resources to achieve clearly defined targets. This definition helps towards a clear summary of the way ideas to do with forest management have been developing. Areas of concern have been gradually shifting form technical assignments (resource a...
Bertrand, A.
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Babin, D.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Evalution et diversite du concept d'amenagement forestier]
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Evalution et diversite du concept d'amenagement forestier
Examples are used to illustrate the different present-day forms of forest management, based first and foremost on decision-making procedures governing management choices rather than on technical criteria governing the choice and implementation of programmes. These examples range from the Gabonese...
Bertrand, A.
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Babin, D.
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Nasi, Robert
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[L'adaption de l'amengement forestier a des situations diverses]
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L'adaption de l'amengement forestier a des situations diverses
The various factors common to forest management schemes are examined : sustained output, biodiversity conservation, and multiple uses. These factors are combined in different ways from case to case. Consideration of them in the management process includes specific kinds of financial impact for ea...
Bertrand, A.
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Babin, D.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Les composantes de l'amenagement forestier et leurs incidences financieres]
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Les composantes de l'amenagement forestier et leurs incidences financieres
Production ecology and conservation biology have long focused on providing the knowledge base for intensive food production and biodiversity conservation, respectively. With increasing global food insecurity and continuing biodiversity decline, we show that the largely separate development of the...
Brussaard, Lijbert
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Caron, P.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Lipper, Leslie
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Mainka, S
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Rabbinge, Rudy
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Babin, D.
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Pulleman, M
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[Reconciling biodiversity conservation and food security: scientific challenges for a new agriculture]
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Reconciling biodiversity conservation and food security: scientific challenges for a new agriculture