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This paper considers the mechanism of certification to encourage sustainable harvesting and best management practices of Iriartea deltoidea Ruiz and Pavon, in the context of current land use and agricultural management in Amazonian Ecuador. To understand the demographic variables that are critica...


Anderson, P.J.Putz, F.E.[Harvesting and conservation: are both possible for the palm, Iriartea deltoidea?]Harvesting and conservation: are both possible for the palm, Iriartea deltoidea?

CIFOR conducted a research on Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) in two Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) sites in the Philippines for 3 years. This paper describes how different ACM processes were applied at the site level to help the community and local stakeholders in managing thei...


Hartanto, H.Lorenzo, M.C.B.Valmores, C.Burton, L.Arda-Minas, L.[Adaptive collaborative management: a value-adding approach to CBFM in the Philippines]Adaptive collaborative management: a value-adding approach to CBFM in the Philippines

This chapter explains the purpose and methods of the book Local Forest Management. The book uses 12-20 case studies in each China, Philippines and India to understand the impacts of community-based forest management policies of the last two decades. We define impacts in terms of the changes in ec...


Edmunds, D.Wollenberg, Eva K.Contreras, A.P.Liu DachangKelkar, G.Sarin, M.Singh, N.M.[Introduction]Introduction

The last decade has seen profound overhauls of governance in many tropical countries. Countries have adopted new economic policies, very much influenced by free-market thinking, and a reduced regulatory role of the state and its subsidiaries. This coincided with widespread decentralization of gov...


Jong, W. deBecker, M.Ruiz, S.Gottwald, C.[The impact of decentralised forest governance: a case study from Bolivia]The impact of decentralised forest governance: a case study from Bolivia
Autor: Snook, L.K.

Mahogany has become the flagship species in debates about the feasibility of sustainable forest management in the tropics. Communities that own and control approximately 500,000 ha of permanent forest estate in Quintana Roo, Mexico, and an NGO that manages over 100,000 ha in neighboring Belize, h...


Snook, L.K.[Partnerships and sustainable forest management: towards sustaining mahogany (Swietenia Macrophylla) in the Maya forest of Mexico and Belize]Partnerships and sustainable forest management: towards sustaining mahogany (Swietenia Macrophylla) in the Maya forest of Mexico and Belize

This paper describes CIFOR’s experiences in implementing ACM research in two sites in Indonesia; East Kalimantan and Jambi. The focus of this paper is on how joint (or social) learning is designed, implemented and institutionalized in every stage of the research. The methodology of the research w...


Yasmi, Y.Kusumanto, Y.[Learning in adaptive collaborative management of community forests: lessons from Indonesia]Learning in adaptive collaborative management of community forests: lessons from Indonesia
Autor: Larson, A.M.

The particular characteristics of natural resources make the decentralisation of their management to elected local governments even more complex than the decentralisation of services and infrastructure. Nevertheless, natural resources are equally importnat to rural development concerns in the Thi...


Larson, A.M.[Decentralisation and forest management in Latin America: towards a working model]Decentralisation and forest management in Latin America: towards a working model

This chapter concludes from a study of the impacts of forest devolution policies in China, India and the Philippines that devolution has had significant impacts, but mostly on increasing forest cover. Changes in livelihoods were mixed, and control over forests was little changed. In some cases, d...


Edmunds, D.Wollenberg, Eva K.Contreras, A.P.Liu DachangKelkar, G.Nathan, D.Sarin, M.Singh, N.M.[Local forest management: conclusion]Local forest management: conclusion
Mlay, G.Falcao, M.Nhantumbo, I.Kowero, G.S.[Policy impact on woodland resource management, use and conservation in Mozambique: a case study of selected sites in Dondo, Nhamatanda, Gondola and Manica districts]Policy impact on woodland resource management, use and conservation in Mozambique: a case study of selected sites in Dondo, Nhamatanda, Gondola and Manica districts
Kowero, G.S.Sumaila, U.R.[Manual for users of MIOMBOSM: a simulation model for the management of Miombo woodlands]Manual for users of MIOMBOSM: a simulation model for the management of Miombo woodlands

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