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This publication compiles and synthesises information on forest ecosystems with a view to transferring this knowledge to professionals and institutions involved in research and training. The chosen references provide an up-to-date picture of achievements in sustainable management of forest resour...


Dupuy, B.Gerard, C.Maitre, H.F.Marti, A.Nasi, Robert[Gestion des ecosystemes forestiers denses d'Afrique tropicale humide: 1. Gabon]Gestion des ecosystemes forestiers denses d'Afrique tropicale humide: 1. Gabon

Decision makers require better understanding of local people’s needs in tropical forested landscapes to enable more locally relevant and sustainable conservation. The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) developed a series of survey methods that assess the perceptions and priorities...


Sassen, M.Jum, C.N.[Assessing local perspectives in a forested landscape of central Cameroon]Assessing local perspectives in a forested landscape of central Cameroon

This chapter examines the results from two pebble sorting methods designed to help assess important elements of human well-being, relating to access to resources and benefits from the forest (both intra and intergenerationally). The two methods were conducted in forest rich and forest poor sites ...


Porro R.Tiani, A.M.Tchikangwa, B.Sardjono, M.A.Salim, A.Colfer, C.J.P.Brocklesby, M.A.[Access to resources in forest-rich and forest-poor contexts]Access to resources in forest-rich and forest-poor contexts

This chapter makes use of data from research conducted in 1996 in and around Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Its initial purpose was to contribute to the development of principles, criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management. The particular topic inves...


Colfer, C.J.P.Wadley, R.L.Harwell, E.Prabhu, R.[Assessing intergenerational access to resources: using criteria and indicators in West Kalimantan, Indonesia]Assessing intergenerational access to resources: using criteria and indicators in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

After introducing Gabon’s lush forests and its people, this chapter discusses indigenous knowledge and conservation-related beliefs among related peoples in Central Africa. The authors then describe the location, the timber company and the population where a test of criteria and indicators was co...


Gami, N.Nasi, Robert[Sustainability and security of intergenerational access to resources: participatory mapping studies in Ghana]Sustainability and security of intergenerational access to resources: participatory mapping studies in Ghana
Autor: He Zhonghua

This study examines the effect of forestry policy devolution and economic development in two Mosuo matrilineal communities where women play a large role in the utilization, management and conservation of forest resources. Two matrilineal villages in Ninglang, China are compared, the first in whic...


He Zhonghua[Forest management in Mesuo matrilineal society, Yunnan, China]Forest management in Mesuo matrilineal society, Yunnan, China
Boissiere, M.Sassen, M.[Mesurer l'importance de la biodiversite pour les societes forestieres des pays du Sud: une methode d'investigation pluridisciplinaire]Mesurer l'importance de la biodiversite pour les societes forestieres des pays du Sud: une methode d'investigation pluridisciplinaire
Autor: Porodong, P.

The complex web of relations between people and their environment has often been disturbed by development. For the Rungus, this has eliminated the importance of the institution of bobolizan (traditional priestess). Colonial intervention that changed the administrative system has reduced the influ...


Porodong, P.[Bobolizan, forests and gender relations in Sabah, Malaysia]Bobolizan, forests and gender relations in Sabah, Malaysia

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...


Sheil, Douglas[Conservation and biodiversity monitoring in the tropics: realities, priorities and distraction]Conservation and biodiversity monitoring in the tropics: realities, priorities and distraction

There are serious shortcomings in the supply and use of information needed for policy making in the forestry sectors of developing countries (and often also in developed countries). The main weakness is the failure to connect supply to demand. Much information has been gathered not because it was...


Janz, K.Persson, R.[How to know more about forests?: supply and use of information for forest policy]How to know more about forests?: supply and use of information for forest policy

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