Can democratic processes favour conservation outcomes in the tropics? This study focuses on local viewpoints within a forested landscape of high conservation significance in East Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). Stakeholders received posters displaying results from a previous study; these posters ...
Padmanaba, M.
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Sheil, Douglas
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[Finding and promoting a local conservation consensus in a globally important tropical forest landscape]
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Finding and promoting a local conservation consensus in a globally important tropical forest landscape
This account summarises studies based on tree data from plots established during the 1930s and 1940s in Budongo, a Ugandan rain forest. The original interpretations of forest change provoked controversies that continue to the present day. Analyses have yielded three categories of results: the fir...
Tree stems contract and expand as stem water is depleted and replaced. Band dendrometer studies suggest that such daily changes are small (<0.2 mm diameter), and they are ignored in most growth measurements. However, several studies using other approaches note larger changes (even >1 cm diameter)...
Sheil, Douglas
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[Growth assessment in tropical trees: large daily diameter fluctuations and their concealment by dendrometer bands]
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Growth assessment in tropical trees: large daily diameter fluctuations and their concealment by dendrometer bands
Selective logging applied in tropical forests is based on one universal criterion: a minimum diameter cutting limit for all commercial timber species. Minimum diameter cutting limits in mixed dipterocarp forests of the Malesia region lead to high felling intensities (10–20+ trees per hectare). Su...
Sixteen percent of tree stems 10 cm diameter or greater recorded in seven 1 ha plots in Rabongo Forest, Uganda had stem damage attributable to elephants (Loxodonta africana). We propose four strategies that may help tree species persist under these conditions: repellence, resistance, tolerance an...
Levang, P.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Kanninen, M.
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[Le palmier à huile, Dr Jekill pour l’énergie, Mr Hyde pour la biodiversité]
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Le palmier à huile, Dr Jekill pour l’énergie, Mr Hyde pour la biodiversité
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Belcher, B.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Dewi, S.
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Moeliono, M.
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[Mengapa kawasan hutan penting bagi penanggulangan kemiskinan di Indonesia?]
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Mengapa kawasan hutan penting bagi penanggulangan kemiskinan di Indonesia?
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Belcher, B.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Dewi, S.
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Moeliono, M.
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[Why are forest areas relevant to reducing poverty in Indonesia?]
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Why are forest areas relevant to reducing poverty in Indonesia?
The Malinau watershed in Northeast Kalimantan is essential for local communities both as a source of food and as a means of transport. The two main rivers sampled in this study Seturan and Rian rivers belong to the Malinau watershed. Seturan water catchment has high fish diversity (containes 47 f...
Rachmatika, I.
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Nasi, Robert
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Sheil, Douglas
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Wan, M.
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[A first look at the fish species of the middle Malinau: taxonomy, ecology, vulnerability and importance]
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A first look at the fish species of the middle Malinau: taxonomy, ecology, vulnerability and importance
Governments in tropical countries are still responding to increasing forest degradation by implementing different types of protected areas. In general, due to their negative image as causes of deforestation, local communities are being excluded from any management role in these conservation areas...
Boissiere, M.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Basuki, I.
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Wan, M.
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Le, H.
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[Can engaging local people’s interests reduce forest degradation in Central Vietnam?]
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Can engaging local people’s interests reduce forest degradation in Central Vietnam?