Forest devolution and government decentralization have increased community control over forests. Remoteness, low literacy, and lack of formal planning experience often leave forest communities unprepared for their new responsibilities. Forest communities need to develop skills that allow them to ...
Evans, K.
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Jong, W. de
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Cronkleton, P.
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Nghi, Tran Huu
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[Participatory methods for planning the future in forest communities]
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Participatory methods for planning the future in forest communities
Forest devolution is meant to provide communities with greater decision-making power over the use and future of tropical forests. However, devolution policies have not always had the intended effect; in some cases they have caused or furthered the disenfranchisement of the poor, the creation of o...
Evans, K.
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Jong, W. de
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Cronkleton, P.
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[Future Scenarios as a Tool for Collaboration in Forest Communities]
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Future Scenarios as a Tool for Collaboration in Forest Communities
There is growing consensus that the expanding scope of tropical forestry is not properly reflected in the way students are being trained. Forestry graduates across the tropics remain poorly equipped on how to engage with local stakeholders, on the technical and economic aspects of multiple-use ma...
There is growing consensus that the expanding scope of tropical forestry is not properly reflected in the way students are being trained. Forestry graduates across the tropics remain poorly equipped on how to engage with local stakeholders, on the technical and economic aspects of multiple-use ma...
Guariguata, M.R.
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Evans, K.
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[Mejoramiento de la educación forestal universitaria: debe prestarse más atención a los productos forestales no maderables?]
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Mejoramiento de la educación forestal universitaria: debe prestarse más atención a los productos forestales no maderables?
We survey and evaluate selected participatory tools that have been proven effective in natural resources management and research during our extensive experience with forest communities. We first establish a framework for our analysis by identifying a set of criteria for evaluating each tool. Next...
Lynam, T.
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Jong, W. de
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Sheil, Douglas
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Kusumanto, T.
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Evans, K.
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[A review of tools for incorporating community knowledge, preferences, and values into decision making in natural resources management]
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A review of tools for incorporating community knowledge, preferences, and values into decision making in natural resources management
This paper describes a participatory mapping method field tested with agro-extractive settlements in the Bolivian Amazon. A regional transition from customary to formal property rights resulting from sweeping 1996 land tenure reforms has led to confusion and conflicts over resource rights, a prob...
Cronkleton, P.
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Albornoz, M.A.
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Barnes, G.
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Evans, K.
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Jong, W. de
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[Social geomatics: participatory forest mapping to mediate resource conflict in the Bolivian Amazon]
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Social geomatics: participatory forest mapping to mediate resource conflict in the Bolivian Amazon
Evans, K.
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Flores, S.
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Larson, A.M.
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Marchena, R.
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Müller, P.
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Pikitle, A.
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[Challenges for women's participation in communal forests: Experience from Nicaragua's in digenous territories]
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Challenges for women's participation in communal forests: Experience from Nicaragua's in digenous territories