Ecologically sustainable forest management necessitates monitoring forest conditions and the environmental impacts of management activities. Through adaptive management, assessments that reveal excessive environmental impacts require revision of the management plan to ensure that ecological funct...
Geisler, C.C.
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Ghazoul, J.
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Hellier, A.
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[Setting critical limits to ecological indicators of sustainable tropical forestry]
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Setting critical limits to ecological indicators of sustainable tropical forestry
Criteria and indicators to evaluate forest management (C&I) facilitate the understanding of and communication about sustainability. Thus an increasing number of national and international initiatives defined C&I sets for certification, monitoring and auditing of forest management. Because of the ...
Pokorny, B.
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Sabogal, C.
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Camino, Ronnie de
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[Metodologias para evaluar la aplicacion de criterios e indicadores en el manejo forestal de bosques tropicales en America Latina]
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Metodologias para evaluar la aplicacion de criterios e indicadores en el manejo forestal de bosques tropicales en America Latina
This brief article begins with a summary of CIFOR's work on criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management (C&I). It then discusses how CIFOR programs combined to form the program called Local People, Devolution and Adaptive Collaborative Management of Forests". It briefly describes th...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Center for International Forestry Research
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[Social aspects of tropical forest management]
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Social aspects of tropical forest management
This paper describes the general concepts, meaning, and definitions of sustainability and proposes the use of soft methodologies, particularly fuzzy set theory, for its assessment. Basic elements and concepts of fuzzy sets are described, including membership functions and their interpretations in...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management]
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Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management
Assessing the performance of management is central to natural resource management, in terms of improving the efficiency of interventions in an adaptive-learning cycle. This is not simple, given that such systems generally have multiple scales of interaction and response; high frequency of non-lin...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Frost, P.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Cunningham, A.B.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Assessing the performance of natural resource systems]
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Assessing the performance of natural resource systems
This paper describes an application of multiple criteria analysis (MCA) in assessing criteria and indicators adapted for a particular forest management unit. The methods include: ranking, rating, and pairwise comparisons. These methods were used in a participatory decision-making environment wher...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Development of a methodology for selecting criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management: a case study on participatory assessment]
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Development of a methodology for selecting criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management: a case study on participatory assessment
One of the challenges the communities face when managing forests is the lack of a systematic and transparent monitoring system that can be used to monitor their resource management strategies and to communicate their successes to outsiders. This paper argues that monitoring efforts will be sustai...
Hartanto, H.
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Lorenzo, M.C.B.
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Frio, A.L.
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[Collective action and learning in developing a local monitoring system]
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Collective action and learning in developing a local monitoring system
Reduced-impact logging (RIL) and conventional techniques (CNV) were compared in a mixed dipterocarp hill forest in East Kalimantan in three blocks of about 100 ha each. Damage was evaluated using pre- and post-harvesting assessments in 24 one-hectare sample plots. RIL techniques nearly halved the...
Sist, P.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Kartawinata, K.
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Priyadi, H.
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[Reduced-impact logging in Indonesian Borneo: some results confirming the need for new silvicultural prescriptions]
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Reduced-impact logging in Indonesian Borneo: some results confirming the need for new silvicultural prescriptions
Criteria and indicators (C&I) for sustainable resource management were generated under a facilitated community-driven approach where villagers took active roles, not only in the generation of the indicators but also in their subsequent assessment. The general procedure followed a two-stage proces...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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Nyirenda, R.
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Standa-Gunda, W.
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Mutimukuru, T.
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[A community-driven multi-criteria approach to developing indicators of sustainable resource management]
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A community-driven multi-criteria approach to developing indicators of sustainable resource management
Despite widespread acceptance of sustainability as the ultimate goal of forest management, perspectives about its meaning, significance, and relevant indicators may still differ. This paper examines local perspectives on sustainability, and evaluates their similarities and differences. A systemat...
Purnomo, H.
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Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Analysis of local perspectives on sustainable forest management: an Indonesian case study]
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Analysis of local perspectives on sustainable forest management: an Indonesian case study