This chapter analyses the model of decentralization of forest management in Bolivia, and assess its main outcomes. Though significant functions were delegated to municipalities regarding forest resources such as control of forest crime, monitoring of forest management, delimitation and allocation...
Pacheco, P.
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[Municipalidades y participation local en la gestion forestal en Bolivia]
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Municipalidades y participation local en la gestion forestal en Bolivia
The purpose of this manual is to help trainers in future scenario better facilitate training workshops for field officers such as forestry managers, extension officers and researchers who are keen to facilitate future scenarios in their forest management projects. Future scenarios are a diverse a...
Nemarundwe, N.
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Jong, W. de
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Cronkleton, P.
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[Escenarios futuros: como instrumento para el manejo forestal]
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Escenarios futuros: como instrumento para el manejo forestal
Larson, A.M.
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[Gestion forestal municipal en Nicaragua: decentralizacion de cargas, centralization de beneficios]
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Gestion forestal municipal en Nicaragua: decentralizacion de cargas, centralization de beneficios
One of the main objectives of the 1994 Cameroonian forestry law is to improve the management of production forests by including minimum safeguards for sustainability into compulsory forest management plans. As of 2007, about 3.5 million hectares (60%) of the productive forests are harvested follo...
Cerutti, P.O.
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Nasi, Robert
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Tacconi, L.
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[Sustainable forest management in Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans.]
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Sustainable forest management in Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans.
Sabogal, C.
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Jong, W. de
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Pokorny, B.
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Louman, B.
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[Manejo forestal comunitario en América Latina: experiencias, lecciones aprendidas y retos para el futuro]
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Manejo forestal comunitario en América Latina: experiencias, lecciones aprendidas y retos para el futuro
This study adopts an institutional approach to analyze the way in which informal rules, in their interaction with formal rules, shape the use of forest resources by diverse types of smallholders and communities (i.e., indigenous people, agro-extractive and traditional communities) in Latin Americ...
Pacheco, P.
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Barry, D.M.
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Cronkleton, P.
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Larson, A.M.
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[The role of informal institutions in the use of forest resources in Latin America]
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The role of informal institutions in the use of forest resources in Latin America
Forestry decision-making is still largely centralised in Guatemala. Nevertheless, elected municipal governments can now play a key role in local forest management. These local governments, with some exceptions, are the principal local institutions empowered to participate in natural resource auth...
Larson, A.M.
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[Indigenous Peoples, Representation and Citizenship in Guatemalan Forestry]
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Indigenous Peoples, Representation and Citizenship in Guatemalan Forestry
Prabhu, R.
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[Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: a global overview]
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Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: a global overview
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