Plans have been underway since 1994 to increase the participation of local communities in the management of Cameroon's forest resources through a community forestry programme. This paper critically examines the legal and institutional foundations of the programme and finds it to be greatly defici...
Nforti, N.C.
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[The community forestry program in Cameroon: a participatory management option?]
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The community forestry program in Cameroon: a participatory management option?
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
Ndoye, O.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Eyebe, A.
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[NTFP markets and potential degradation of forest resources in Cameroon: the case of garcinia lucida]
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NTFP markets and potential degradation of forest resources in Cameroon: the case of garcinia lucida
This report provides an in-depth review and critical analysis of the fuelwood, wood balance and household energy studies done in India in the last decades, and the developments in the commercial energy sector. The study synthesised the trend in the consumption of domestic energy and also the reli...
The political transformation in Indonesia, followed by administrative decentralisation through the provision of regional autonomy, has had catastrophic consequences. The decentralisation of forest resource governance and management has engendered a parallel decentralisation of moral hazards such ...
Djogo, A.P.Y.
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[Decentralisation and forests resources in Indonesia: removing institutional constraints and redesigning policies for better future]
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Decentralisation and forests resources in Indonesia: removing institutional constraints and redesigning policies for better future
For more than thirty years beginning in the early 70’s, the forests of Indonesia were administered and managed centrally; mirroring the centralistic characteristics of the way the Indonesian government had functioned during the same period. The first day of year 2001, however, marked a momentous ...
Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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Dermawan, A.
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[Hutan dan otonomi daerah: tantangan berbagi suka dan duka]
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Hutan dan otonomi daerah: tantangan berbagi suka dan duka
After decades of central government control, the recent decentralization laws devolved authority in many areas, including natural resource management, to local governments. This article examines the initial process of decentralization in Indonesia within the context of forestry. Preliminary analy...
Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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[Shifting power to the periphery: the impact of decentralisation on forests and forest people]
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Shifting power to the periphery: the impact of decentralisation on forests and forest people
Mataya, C.
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Gondo, P.
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Kowero, G.S.
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[Evolution of land policies and legislation in Malawi and Zimbabwe: implications for forestry development]
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Evolution of land policies and legislation in Malawi and Zimbabwe: implications for forestry development
Kowero, G.S.
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[The challenge to natural forest management in Sub-Saharan Africa rural development: experiences from the miombo woodlands of Southern Africa]
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The challenge to natural forest management in Sub-Saharan Africa rural development: experiences from the miombo woodlands of Southern Africa
The focus of this thesis is to assess the importance and potential of forest products for the sustainable development of tropical rural areas and, specifically, the role of forest product commercialisation for rural households. By using the example of woodcraft sector the book reveals aspects whi...
Braedt, O.
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[Forest products and rural households: woodcraft commercialisation in Southern Zimbabwe]
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Forest products and rural households: woodcraft commercialisation in Southern Zimbabwe