Community managed forest systems embody a considerable portion of the wisdom, knowledge, and practical skills and management necessary for the sustainability of forest resources globally. These systems, however, are under threat in many ways, including from the rapid rate of change of their polit...
Ritchie, B.
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McDougall, C.
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Haggith, M.
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Burford de Oliveira, N.
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[Criteres et indicateurs de durabilite dans les paysages forestiers geres par les communautes: guide introductif]
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Criteres et indicateurs de durabilite dans les paysages forestiers geres par les communautes: guide introductif
In recent years, awareness has grown in Nepal and globally regarding two of community forestry’s most critical challenges: equity and livelihoods. Yet even as understanding of these challenges has improved, actors from the local to the national levels in Nepal continue to be confronted with the d...
McDougall, C.
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Ojha, H.
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Banjade, M.R.
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Pandit, B.H.
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Bhattarai, T.
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Maharjan, M.R.
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Rana, S.
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[Forests of learning: Experiences from research on an Adaptive Collaborative Approach to community forestry in Nepal]
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Forests of learning: Experiences from research on an Adaptive Collaborative Approach to community forestry in Nepal
In this guidebook, we share suggestions for how a team of facilitators and a community forest user group (CFUG) can catalyse and maintain an approach to governance and management that draws on and strengthens the CFUG’s own adaptive and collaborative capacities. This approach fits within the Comm...
McDougall, C.
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Pandit, B.H.
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Banjade, M.R.
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Paudel, K.P.
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Ojha, H.
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Maharjan,M.
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Rana, S.
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Bhattarai, T.
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Dangol, S.
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[Facilitating forests of learning: Enabling an adaptive collaborative approach in community forest user groups: a guidebook]
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Facilitating forests of learning: Enabling an adaptive collaborative approach in community forest user groups: a guidebook
Viewing resource management essentially through a biophysical lens has provided too restricted a perspective for understanding complex political processes surrounding forest management. The case of community forestry in Nepal demonstrates a range of experiences of complex political processes, inc...
Ojha, H.
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Paudel, N.S.
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Banjade, M.R.
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McDougall, C.
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Cameron, J.
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[The deliberative scientist: integrating science and politics in forest resource governance in Nepal]
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The deliberative scientist: integrating science and politics in forest resource governance in Nepal
This chapter summarizes CIFOR’s work on social criteria and indicators (C&I), developed within commercial establishments oriented toward timber harvesting. These C&I are then examined from the point of view of protected areas, based on Colfer’s experience managing an Indonesian wildlife reserve i...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Prabhu, R.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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McDougall, C.
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Edmunds, D.
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Kowero, G.S.
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[Toward social criteria and indicators for protected areas: one cut on adaptive co-management]
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Toward social criteria and indicators for protected areas: one cut on adaptive co-management
The BAG focuses on the social criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management, a topic that has been the subject of considerable controversy and uncertainty. It is designed for people interested in assessing sustainable forest management, but who do not have a high degree of expertise i...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Brocklesby, M.A.
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Diaw, C.
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Etuge, P.
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Günter, M.
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Harwell, E.
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McDougall, C.
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Porro, N.M.
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Porro, R.
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Prabhu, R.
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Salim, A.
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Sardjono, M.A.
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Tchikangwa, B.
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Tiani, A.M.
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Wadley, R.L.
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Woelfel, J.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Guide de base pour l'evaluation du bien-etre social the BAG]
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Guide de base pour l'evaluation du bien-etre social the BAG
Community managed forest systems embody a considerable portion of the wisdom, knowledge, and practical skills and management necessary for the sustainability of forest resources globally. These systems, however, are under threat in many ways, including from the rapid rate of change of their polit...
Ritchie, B.
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McDougall, C.
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Haggith, M.
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Burford de Oliveira, N.
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[Kriteria dan indikator kelestarian hutan yang dikelola oleh masyarakat (community managed forest)]
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Kriteria dan indikator kelestarian hutan yang dikelola oleh masyarakat (community managed forest)
Who counts most? Assessing human well being in sustainable forest management presents a tool, 'the Who Counts Matrix', for differentiating 'forest actors', or people whose well-being and forest management are intimately intertwined, from other stakeholders. The authors argue for focusing formal a...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Prabhu, R.
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Günter, M.
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McDougall, C.
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Porro, N.M.
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Porro, R.
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[Qui compte le plus? Evaluer le bien etre social dans la gestion durable des forets]
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Qui compte le plus? Evaluer le bien etre social dans la gestion durable des forets
This is designed to supplement 'the BAG' and 'the Grab Bag'. It provides a scoring method that can be used with the two manuals, to come to a decision about particular criteria and indicators in particular forest and human settings. Following the section on scoring is a section on analysis. It be...
Salim, A.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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McDougall, C.
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[Guide de notation et d'analyse pour l'evaluation du bien-etre cocial]
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Guide de notation et d'analyse pour l'evaluation du bien-etre cocial
Forest governance is now recognized as a critical factor for effective resource management and enhancing livelihood outcomes. This paper recognizes the need for having learning element in the governing process, for which there has to be a continuous monitoring process in place. Based on recent st...
Ojha, H.
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Pokharel, B.
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McDougall, C.
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Paudel, K.
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[Learning to govern: how to improve monitoring system in community forestry in Nepal?]
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Learning to govern: how to improve monitoring system in community forestry in Nepal?