This paper traces the growing interest in the development of Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest since the declaration of the 'Forest Principles' at the Rio Conference 1992. Several processes are underway in the different regions of the world to define sets of criteria and indicators t...
Prabhu, R.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Shepherd, G.
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[Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: new findings from CIFOR's forest management unit level research]
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Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: new findings from CIFOR's forest management unit level research
This is the report of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) sixth test of criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management. The test took place in October and November 1996 in and around Kribi, Cameroon. Unlike previous criteria and indicators (C&I) tests, the Kribi test...
Prabhu, R.
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Maynard, W.
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Eba'a Atyi, R.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Shepherd, G.
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Venkateswarlu, P.
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Tiayon, F.
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[Testing and developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management in Cameroon: the Kribi test]
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Testing and developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management in Cameroon: the Kribi test
The decentralization of control over the vast forests of the world is moving at a rapid pace with both positive and negative ramifications for people and forests themselves. Fresh research from a host of Asia-Pacific countries presents rich and varied experience with decentralization and provides...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Dahal, G.R.
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Capistrano, D.
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[Lessons from forest decentralization: money, justice and the quest for good governance in Asia-Pacific.]
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Lessons from forest decentralization: money, justice and the quest for good governance in Asia-Pacific.
The humid forest zone of Cameroon is part of the biodiversity rich Congo Basin. Until the mid-1990s, the forests of Cameroon were centrally managed, which excluded communities from accessing forest resources and gaining economic benefits from them. In the early 1990s, more participative forest ma...
Jum, C.N.
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Nguiebouri, J.
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Zoa, M.
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Diaw, C.
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[Building broad-based partnership for sustainable forest management: the Model Forest experience in Cameroon]
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Building broad-based partnership for sustainable forest management: the Model Forest experience in Cameroon
Kusumanto, T.
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[Learning to monitor political processes for fairness in Jambi, Indonesia]
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Learning to monitor political processes for fairness in Jambi, Indonesia
MacDicken, K.G.
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[Implications of the Kyoto Protocol on forest management in developing countries: paying for non-commercial forest values]
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Implications of the Kyoto Protocol on forest management in developing countries: paying for non-commercial forest values
The world is moving towards knowledge-based societies. Economies are globalising. The global public goods value of forests is being recognised at the same time that traditional role of state forest agencies in production forestry is declining, in part being taken over by multi-national corporatio...
Byron, R.N.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[Forest science research needs and priorities for sustainable forest management]
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Forest science research needs and priorities for sustainable forest management
Conflict has always been part of human life. For that reason, conflict is often viewed as a normal and unavoidable feature, including in the forestry sector, regardless of the cultural, spatial and temporal setting. Due to this problem, it is imperative to understand the broader picture of forest...
Yasmi, Y.
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[Disharmony in the heart of Borneo: a closer look at forestry conflicts in the tropics]
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Disharmony in the heart of Borneo: a closer look at forestry conflicts in the tropics
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has carried out research to develop Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management (C&I) in eight countries since 1994. In the CIFOR framework C&I are organised hierarchically as principles, criteria, indicators, and verifiers. Bas...
Haggith, M.
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Prabhu, R.
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Purnomo, H.
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Rizal, A.
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Taylor, J.
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Yasmi, Y.
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Sukadri, D.
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[CIMAT: a knowledge-based system for developing criteria & indicators for sustainable forest management]
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CIMAT: a knowledge-based system for developing criteria & indicators for sustainable forest management