This chapter describes the history of criteria and indicators work at CIFOR, as an introduction to the subsequent chapters in this book. It also outlines the conceptual framework used to place human well-being within the topic of sustainable forest management. This includes a definition of human ...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Byron, Y.
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Prabhu, R.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Introduction: history and conceptual framework]
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Introduction: history and conceptual framework
In Indonesia, rapid deforestation is affecting local populations’ access to forest, yet little information is available about the impacts of deforestation on highly forest-dependent populations. To better understand these potential impacts, this document reports on economic and cultural uses of t...
Uluk, A.
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Sudana, M.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Ketergantungan masyarakat Dayak terhadap hutan di sekitar Taman Nasional Kayan Mentarang]
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Ketergantungan masyarakat Dayak terhadap hutan di sekitar Taman Nasional Kayan Mentarang
CIFOR facilitated 27 communities in the Upper Malinau watershed to develop agreements about their village boundaries and map them through participatory methods. Decentralization reforms created new values of forest resources and uncertainties that increased conflict over local resources. The auth...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Anau, N.
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Iwan, R.
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Heist, M. van
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Limberg, G.
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Sudana, M.
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[Building agreements among stakeholders]
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Building agreements among stakeholders
As people living near forests in many parts of the world receive recognition of resource management rights, questions arise about where forest boundaries should be set and who should legitimately receive these rights. Drawing on research conducted among forest-dwelling Kenyah communities in Kalim...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Boundary keeping and access to gaharu among Kenyah forest users]
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Boundary keeping and access to gaharu among Kenyah forest users
Indonesia’s new basic forestry law makes some promising steps towards devolving control over forests to customary communities. This chapter analyzes the law’s provisions for new institutional arrangements, “customary communities” and co-operatives. The analysis shows how the extent of centralized...
Malinau District, established through partition in 1999, is the largest district in East Kalimantan and contains some of its largest tracts of forest. With decentralization, the district has sought to generate revenues from its forests, but these efforts have been handicapped by a concurrent lack...
Barr, C.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Limberg, G.
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Anau, N.
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Iwan, R.
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Sudana, I.M.
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Moeliono, M.
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Djogo, T.
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[The impacts of decentralisation on forests and forest-dependent communities in Malinau district, East Kalimantan]
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The impacts of decentralisation on forests and forest-dependent communities in Malinau district, East Kalimantan
This paper describes the experience of CIFOR research team in facilitating local communities to manage their natural resources in Malinau District, East Kalimantan, Indonesia during the Otonomi Daerah reform period (1998-present). The case examines how the CIFOR team used informal, shared learnin...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Iwan, R.
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Limberg, G.
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Moeliono, M.
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Rhee, S.
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Sudana, M.
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[Muddling towards cooperation: a CIFOR case study of shared learning in Malinau district, Indonesia]
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Muddling towards cooperation: a CIFOR case study of shared learning in Malinau district, Indonesia
Indonesia’s new basic forestry law makes some promising steps towards devolving control over forests to customary communities. This chapter analyzes the law’s provisions for new institutional arrangements, “customary communities” and co-operatives. The analysis shows how the extent of centralized...
CIFOR facilitated 27 communities in the Upper Malinau watershed to develop agreements about their village boundaries and map them through participatory methods. Decentralization reforms created new values of forest resources and uncertainties that increased conflict over local resources. We repor...
Anau, N.
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Iwan, R.
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Heist, M. van
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Limberg, G.
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Sudana, I.M.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Negotiating more than boundaries: conflict, power, and agreement building in the demarcation of village borders in Malinau]
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Negotiating more than boundaries: conflict, power, and agreement building in the demarcation of village borders in Malinau
In the last two decades, there has been increasing interest in the potential of small-scale non-timber forest product collection and other low-impact uses of the forest for achieving forest conservation. Experience suggests however that such uses do not guarantee conservation and economic outcome...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Ingles, A.
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[Incomes from the forest: methods for the development and conservation of forest products for local communities]
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Incomes from the forest: methods for the development and conservation of forest products for local communities