Community managed forest systems embody a considerable portion of the wisdom, knowledge, and practical skills and management necessary for the sustainability of forest resources globally. These systems, however, are under threat in many ways, including from the rapid rate of change of their polit...
Ritchie, B.
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McDougall, C.
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Haggith, M.
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Burford de Oliveira, N.
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[Criterios e indicadores de sustentabilidade em florestas manejadas por comunidades]
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Criterios e indicadores de sustentabilidade em florestas manejadas por comunidades
Fisher, R.
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Prabhu, R.
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McDougall, C.
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[Introduction: people, forests and the need for adaptation]
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Introduction: people, forests and the need for adaptation
Prabhu, R.
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McDougall, C.
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Fisher, R.
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[Adaptive collaborative management: a conceptual model]
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Adaptive collaborative management: a conceptual model
Most forests in tropical Nepal are secondary, resulting largely from episodes of large-scale timber harvesting in the past along with accumulated small scale extraction of timber and non-timber forest products by local people over centuries. Currently in the forest depleted stage, remaining tropi...
Kanel, K.R.
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Shrestha, K.
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[Tropical secondary forests in Nepal and their importance to local people]
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Tropical secondary forests in Nepal and their importance to local people
Community managed forest systems embody a considerable portion of the wisdom, knowledge, and practical skills and management necessary for the sustainability of forest resources globally. These systems, however, are under threat in many ways, including from the rapid rate of change of their polit...
Ritchie, B.
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McDougall, C.
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Haggith, M.
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Burford de Oliveira, N.
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[Criteres et indicateurs de durabilite dans les paysages forestiers geres par les communautes: guide introductif]
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Criteres et indicateurs de durabilite dans les paysages forestiers geres par les communautes: guide introductif
The role of local and external institutions in natural resource management (NRM) is gaining attention in the literature, fostering greater understanding of the relationship between collective action and poverty, collective action and equity, and the conditions under which collective action instit...
German, L.
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Ayele, Seife
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Tanui, J.
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Nyangas, S.
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Taye, H.
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Admassu, Z.
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Mazengia, W.
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Tirwomwe, W.
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Begashaw, L.
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Tsegaye, M.
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Alinyo, F.
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Mekonnen, A.
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Aberra, K.
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Chemangeni, A.
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Cheptegei, W.
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Tolera, T.
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Jotte, Z.
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Bedane, K.
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[Enabling equitable collective action and policy change for poverty reduction and improved natural resource management in the Eastern African highlands]
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Enabling equitable collective action and policy change for poverty reduction and improved natural resource management in the Eastern African highlands
In the past in Africa, State forest administration took nominal control of local forest management from rural populations. This control, based on a European concept of management, gradually deteriorated and the methods of classical forest management are no longer suited to existing conditions. Th...
Antona, M.
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Babin, D.
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[Multiple interest accommodation in African forest management projects: between pragmatism and theoretical coherence]
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Multiple interest accommodation in African forest management projects: between pragmatism and theoretical coherence
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
The methods used to value tropical forests have the potential to influence how policy makers and others perceive forest landsforestlands. A small number of valuation studies achieve real impact. These are generally succinct accounts supporting a specific perception. However, such reports risk bei...
Sheil, Douglas
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Wunder, Sven
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[The value of tropical forest to local communities: complications, caveats, and cautions]
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The value of tropical forest to local communities: complications, caveats, and cautions