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Journal Article 2004

Autor: Sheil, Douglas

Monitoring and research activities may hinder rather than improce conservation in tropical countries. This paper identifies some critical threats to biodiversity and the limited resources for defending against them. It suggests various contributory factors, and a few common sense options for impr...

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Sheil, Douglas ,  [Conservation priorities and conservation distractions] ,  Conservation priorities and conservation distractions
Journal Article 2009

Autor: Wollenberg, Eva K. Campbell, Bruce M. Dounias, E. Gunarso, P. Moeliono, M. Sheil, Douglas

Indonesia's 1999-2004 decentralization reforms created opportunities for land-use planning that reflected local conditions and local people's needs. We report on seven years of work in the District of Malinau in Indonesian Borneo that attempted to reconnect government land-use plans to local peop...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/20208

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Wollenberg, Eva K. ,  Campbell, Bruce M. ,  Dounias, E. ,  Gunarso, P. ,  Moeliono, M. ,  Sheil, Douglas ,  [Interactive land-use planning in Indonesia rainforest landscapes: reconnecting plans to practice] ,  Interactive land-use planning in Indonesia rainforest landscapes: reconnecting plans to practice
Journal Article 2009

Autor: Venter, O. Meijaard, E. Possingham, H. Dennis, R.A. Sheil, Douglas Wich, S. Hovani, L. Wilson, K.A.

One reason for the rapid loss of species-rich tropical forests is the high opportunity costs of forest protection. In Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), the expansion of high-revenue oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations currently threatens 3.3 million ha of forest. We estimate that payments for ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/20478

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Venter, O. ,  Meijaard, E. ,  Possingham, H. ,  Dennis, R.A. ,  Sheil, Douglas ,  Wich, S. ,  Hovani, L. ,  Wilson, K.A. ,  [Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals] ,  Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals
Journal Article 2007

Autor: Kaimowitz, D. Sheil, Douglas

For hundreds of millions of people, biodiversity is about eating, staying healthy, and finding shelter. Meeting these people’s basic needs should receive greater priority in the conservation agenda.Wild and semi-wild plants and animals contribute significantly to nutrition, health care, income, a...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/19698

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  Sheil, Douglas ,  [Conserving what and for whom? why conservation should help meet basic human needs in the tropics] ,  Conserving what and for whom? why conservation should help meet basic human needs in the tropics
Journal Article 2006

Autor: Sheil, Douglas Puri, R.K. Wan, M. Basuki, I. Heist, M. van Liswanti, N. Rukmiyati Rachmatika, I. Samsoedin, I.

Tropical forest people often suffer from the same processes that threaten biodiversity. An improved knowledge of what is important to local people could improve decision making. This article examines the usefulness of explicitly asking what is important to local people. Our examples draw on biodi...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/19406

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Sheil, Douglas ,  Puri, R.K. ,  Wan, M. ,  Basuki, I. ,  Heist, M. van ,  Liswanti, N. ,  Rukmiyati ,  Rachmatika, I. ,  Samsoedin, I. ,  [Recognizing local people’s priorities for tropical forest biodiversity] ,  Recognizing local people’s priorities for tropical forest biodiversity
Journal Article 2011

Autor: Meijard, E. Sheil, Douglas

We discuss a recent press release calling on wealthy countries to do more to combat climate change and protect their biodiversity. We examine some further examples of how questionable views are imposed unilaterally on conservation problems. Until we better engage with local perspectives we shall ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/20927

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Meijard, E. ,  Sheil, Douglas ,  [A modest proposal for wealthy countries to reforest their land for the common good] ,  A modest proposal for wealthy countries to reforest their land for the common good
Journal Article 2002

Autor: Sheil, Douglas

Biodiversity monitoring activities can hinder rather than promote conservation in tropical countries.The national institutions responsible for conservation in developing countries have very limited resources, which given donors and richer agencies scope for considerable influence. However, those ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18550

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Sheil, Douglas ,  [Why doesn't biodiversity monitoring support conservation priorities in the tropics?] ,  Why doesn't biodiversity monitoring support conservation priorities in the tropics?
Journal Article 2008

Autor: Meijaard, E. Sheil, Douglas Marshall, A.J. Nasi, Robert
Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/19848

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Meijaard, E. ,  Sheil, Douglas ,  Marshall, A.J. ,  Nasi, Robert ,  [Phylogenetic age is positively correlated with sensitivity to timber harvest in Bornean mammals] ,  Phylogenetic age is positively correlated with sensitivity to timber harvest in Bornean mammals
Journal Article 2004

Autor: Sheil, Douglas Lawrence, A.

Tropical biologists need help. Examples show that local people can be trained to be effective parataxonomists, greatly assisting efforts to document and assess tropical biodiversity. Local collaborations also offer promising ways with which to improve natural resource management and conservation....

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/19076

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Sheil, Douglas ,  Lawrence, A. ,  [Tropical biologists, local people and conservation: new opportunities for collaboration] ,  Tropical biologists, local people and conservation: new opportunities for collaboration
Journal Article 2004

Autor: Boissiere, M. Heist, M. van Sheil, Douglas Basuki, I. Frazier, S. Ginting, U. Wan, M. Hariadi, B. Hariyadi, H. Kristianto, H.D. Bemei, J. Haruway, R. Marien, E.R.C. Koibur, D.P.H. Watopa, Y. Rachman, I. Liswanti, N.

Sparsely populated and abundant in rich and exotic biodiversity, the vast and highly inaccessible Mamberamo Basin in Indonesia’s West Papua (Irian Jaya) contains some of the world’s most pristine rainforests. The region’s 7,000 people and their communities are spread over 7.7 million hectares of ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/19230

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Boissiere, M. ,  Heist, M. van ,  Sheil, Douglas ,  Basuki, I. ,  Frazier, S. ,  Ginting, U. ,  Wan, M. ,  Hariadi, B. ,  Hariyadi, H. ,  Kristianto, H.D. ,  Bemei, J. ,  Haruway, R. ,  Marien, E.R.C. ,  Koibur, D.P.H. ,  Watopa, Y. ,  Rachman, I. ,  Liswanti, N. ,  [Pentingnya sumberdaya alam bagi masyarakat lokal di daerah aliran sungai Mamberamo, Papua, dan implikasinya bagi konservasi] ,  Pentingnya sumberdaya alam bagi masyarakat lokal di daerah aliran sungai Mamberamo, Papua, dan implikasinya bagi konservasi

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