Multiple-use forest management (MFM) for timber, non-timber forest products and environmental services is envisioned by many as a preferable alternative to timber-dominant management models. It is praised as a more equitable strategy of satisfying the demands from multiple stakeholders, an ecolog...
García Fernandez, C.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Is multiple-use forest management widely implementable in the tropics?]
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Is multiple-use forest management widely implementable in the tropics?
Over the past few years, a number of Chinese researchers have collaborated with CIFOR and INBAR/IDRC in a systematic, two-phase socio-economic study of the bamboo sector in China. This proceedings contains a synthesis from the main research findings from research programs related to socioeconomic...
Fu Maoyi
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Yang Xiaosheng
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[Proceedings of Workshop on China Social Economics, Marketing and Policy of the Bamboo Sector, 16-18 June 1999, Beijing]
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Proceedings of Workshop on China Social Economics, Marketing and Policy of the Bamboo Sector, 16-18 June 1999, Beijing
Most NWFP research is site specific and sectoral, thus reducing its potential value for policy analysis and development actions. The main challenge for future research is to develop general frameworks within which to structure dispersed studies and to transform them into useful policy- and action...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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[A conceptual framework for CIFOR’s research on non-wood forest products]
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A conceptual framework for CIFOR’s research on non-wood forest products
This article addresses the question, to what extent and under which conditions nontimber forest product (NTFP) trade leads to both livelihood improvement and forest conservation. We based the analysis on a standardized expert-judgment assessment of the livelihood and environmental outcomes of 55 ...
Kusters, K.
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Achdiawan, R.
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Belcher, B.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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[Balancing development and conservation?: an assessment of livelihood and environmental outcomes of nontimber forest product trade in Asia, Africa, and Latin America]
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Balancing development and conservation?: an assessment of livelihood and environmental outcomes of nontimber forest product trade in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
This paper discusses the assumptions underlying non-timber forest product (NTFP)-based approaches. The authors examine conservation dimensions, highlighting the differences in perceptions among different stakeholder groups about what should be conserved, and development issues, including the role...
Arnold, J.E.M.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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[The role of non-timber forest products in conservation and development]
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The role of non-timber forest products in conservation and development
Non-timber forest products are today being viewed as legitimate sources of livelihood for local communities. By forming associations, extractivist have achieved some success in having their rights to exploit forested areas recognised and enshrined in legislation and/or receiving increased prices ...
This paper investigates the importance of income generated from marketing selected NWFP in Central Africa., focuses on local markets in Cameroon and at the borders with the Central African Republic (CAR), equatorial Guinea and Gabon. The species considered are Irvingia spp. (bush mango nut), Cola...
Ndoye, O.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Eyebe, A.
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[Non-timber forest products markets and potential degradation of the forest resource in Central Africa: the role of research in providing a balance between welfare improvement and forest conservation]
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Non-timber forest products markets and potential degradation of the forest resource in Central Africa: the role of research in providing a balance between welfare improvement and forest conservation
In recognition of the importance of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in both social and forest resource management terms, one of CIFOR's major projects is on "Sustainable Use and Development of Non-Timber Forest Products ". The project is aiming at a world level comparison of NTFPs-based forest...
Dewi, S.
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García Fernandez, C.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Belcher, B.
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Angelsen, A.
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Agar, P.M. de
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Loken, A.
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Lutnaes, K.
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[Remote sensing and statistical data analysis as tools to understand forest livelihood strategies]
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Remote sensing and statistical data analysis as tools to understand forest livelihood strategies
The contributions that non-timber forest products (NTFPs) can make to rural livelihoods, and the fact that their use is less ecologically destructive than timber harvesting, have encouraged the belief that more intensive management of forests for such products could contribute to both development...
Arnold, J.E.M.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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[Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives?]
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Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives?
Bamboo, with a long tradition in China, is one of the emerging sectors in the Chinese economy. It is making an increasingly large contribution to farmers' income and playing an important role in rural industrial development. Bamboo products are also being substituted for wood products, a process ...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Fu Maoyi
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Yang Xiaosheng
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Belcher, B.
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[Bamboo forestry in China: toward environmentally friendly expansion]
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Bamboo forestry in China: toward environmentally friendly expansion