Estimating the incomes of people whose livelihoods depend on the forests is a key to understanding their well being and the use of the forest. Yet there has been little agreement about the methods to undertake such assessment. This paper reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the methods availab...
Nawir, A.A.
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Hakim, M.R.
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Julmansyah
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Ahyar, H.M.A.
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Trison, S.
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[Feasibility of community-based forestry management in partnership with a forestry district agency (case studies: Sumbawa and Bima, West Nusa Tenggara)]
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Feasibility of community-based forestry management in partnership with a forestry district agency (case studies: Sumbawa and Bima, West Nusa Tenggara)
As part of its Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) Programme, the local government of Sumbawa District in West Nusa Tenggara Province of Eastern Indonesia initiated a partnership programme between the Forestry District Agency and tree grower cooperatives in 2002. The partnership scheme aims ...
An important means of expanding plantation production and benefiting small-scale producers is through corporate smallholder partnerships that establish agreements for industries to purchase wood produced by other parties, including but not limited to smallholders. The workshop, and subsequent syn...
Nawir, A.A.
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Anyonge, C.H.
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Race, D.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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[Towards equitable partnerships between corporate and smallholder partners: relating partnerships to social, economic and environmental indicators: workshop synthesis]
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Towards equitable partnerships between corporate and smallholder partners: relating partnerships to social, economic and environmental indicators: workshop synthesis
Nawir, A.A.
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[Ensuring corporate-smallholder partnerships benefit all players and the environment]
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Ensuring corporate-smallholder partnerships benefit all players and the environment
Chokkalingam, U.
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Sabogal C.
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Almeida, E.
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Carandang, A.P.
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Gumartini, T.
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Jong, W. de
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Brienza, S.
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Meza Lopez, A.
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Murniati
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Nawir, A.A.
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Wibowo, L.R.
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Toma, T.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Zhou Zaichi
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[Local participation, livelihood needs, and institutional arrangements: three keys to sustainable rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest lands]
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Local participation, livelihood needs, and institutional arrangements: three keys to sustainable rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest lands
As most nontimber forest products (NTFPs) are low cash value, their potential for generating significant income appears limited. Low value products can, however, result in significant incomes when people specialize in them.
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Nawir, A.A.
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[Turning straw into gold: specialization among damar agroforest farmers in pesisir, Sumatra]
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Turning straw into gold: specialization among damar agroforest farmers in pesisir, Sumatra
This article describes some different schemes through which smallholders participate in establishing and managing productive plantations. These reflect a continuum from management by tree growers themselves to private corporate initiatives, with government-initiated collaborative management in be...
Nawir, A.A.
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Kassa, H.
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Sandewall, M.
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Dore, D.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Ohlsson, B.
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Bekele, M.
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[Stimulating smallholder tree planting – lessons from Africa and Asia]
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Stimulating smallholder tree planting – lessons from Africa and Asia
The biggest challenges in establishing timber plantations in Indonesia concern a range of social aspects, in particular those dealing with people living inside concessions and in the areas surrounding plantations. CIFOR’s research shows that a sustainable supply of timber may be achievable throug...
Nawir, A.A.
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Santoso, L.
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Mudhofar, I.
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[Towards mutually-beneficial company-community partnerships in timber plantation: lessons learnt from Indonesia]
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Towards mutually-beneficial company-community partnerships in timber plantation: lessons learnt from Indonesia
At the Earth Summit in Johannesburg in 2002, partnerships were touted as one of the key routes to sustainable development. But can partnerships really deliver improvements to rural livelihoods? This paper reviews one set of claimed partnerships, those between forestry companies and local individ...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Nawir, A.A.
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Mayers, J.
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[Rural poverty reduction through business partnerships?: examples of experience from the forestry sector]
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Rural poverty reduction through business partnerships?: examples of experience from the forestry sector