Concern about illegal logging has grown considerably over the past decade due to the interest in its environmental impacts, and more recently as a result of its perceived impacts on livelihoods. The authors find that the reality of illegal logging is much more nuanced than has been depicted and t...
In this guidebook, we share suggestions for how a team of facilitators and a community forest user group (CFUG) can catalyse and maintain an approach to governance and management that draws on and strengthens the CFUG’s own adaptive and collaborative capacities. This approach fits within the Comm...
McDougall, C.
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Pandit, B.H.
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Banjade, M.R.
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Paudel, K.P.
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Ojha, H.
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Maharjan,M.
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Rana, S.
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Bhattarai, T.
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Dangol, S.
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[Facilitating forests of learning: Enabling an adaptive collaborative approach in community forest user groups: a guidebook]
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Facilitating forests of learning: Enabling an adaptive collaborative approach in community forest user groups: a guidebook
Kusters, K.
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[Non-timber forest product trade: a trade-off between conservation and development]
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Non-timber forest product trade: a trade-off between conservation and development
Threre is limited knowledge available as to the major causes of illegal logging and its impacts on biodiversity, people and livelihoods and national economies, and thus plenty of speculation and action without evidence. It is clear that while illegal logging does have negative impacts, it also, c...
Tacconi, L.
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[Illegal logging: law enforcement, livelihoods and the timber trade]
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Illegal logging: law enforcement, livelihoods and the timber trade
The study documents practices of 28 community-based forest enterprises (CBFEs) in Nepal, representing different enterprise models - FUGs (CFUGs or LFUGs), networks, cooperatives, and companies. FUGs are primarily constrained by their limited scale in terms of membership and land area. The formati...
Pandit, B.H.
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Albano, A.
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Kumar, C.
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[Improving forest benefits for the poor: learning from community-based forest enterprises in Nepal]
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Improving forest benefits for the poor: learning from community-based forest enterprises in Nepal
This occasional paper is the result of research carried out from 2006 to 2008 on the effects of new tenure rights for forest-based communities in Latin America on access to forest resources and benefits. Focused on seven different regions in four countries, the paper examines changes in statutory...
Larson, A.M.
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Cronkleton, P.
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Barry, D.M.
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Pacheco, P.
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[Tenure Rights and Beyond: Community Access to Forest Resources in Latin America]
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Tenure Rights and Beyond: Community Access to Forest Resources in Latin America
The report focuses on the impacts of special autonomy in Papua on the forestry sector. It studies the advantages and problems associated with the current forestry management system. The most significant change following special autonomy for Papua was the introduction of small-scale concession per...
Tokede, M.J.
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Wiliam, D.
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Widodo
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Gandhi, Y.
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Imburi, C.
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Patriahadi
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Marwa, J.
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Yufuai, M.C.
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[The impact of special autonomy on Papua’s forestry sector: empowering customary communities (masyarakat adat) in decentralized forestry development in Manokwari district]
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The impact of special autonomy on Papua’s forestry sector: empowering customary communities (masyarakat adat) in decentralized forestry development in Manokwari district
The study attempted to understand the dynamics and complexities of forest resources management following decentralization, the interactions among stakeholders in forest resources management, and the impacts of the new legislation on local community livelihoods in Sintang District, West Kalimantan...
Yasmi, Y.
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Anshari, G.Z.
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Alqadrie, S.
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Budiarto, T.
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Ngusmanto
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Abidin, E.
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Komarudin, H.
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McGrath, S.
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Zulkifli
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Afifudin
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[The complexities of managing forest resources in post-decentralization Indonesia: a case study from Sintang District, West Kalimantan]
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The complexities of managing forest resources in post-decentralization Indonesia: a case study from Sintang District, West Kalimantan
The study attempted to understand the dynamics and complexities of forest resources management following decentralization, the interactions among stakeholders in forest resources management, and the impacts of the new legislation on local community livelihoods in Sintang District, West Kalimantan...
Yasmi, Y.
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Anshari, G.Z.
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Alqadrie, S.
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Budiarto, T.
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Ngusmanto
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Abidin, E.
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Komarudin, H.
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McGrath, S.
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Zulkifli
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Afifudin
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[Kompleksitas pengelolaan sumberdaya hutan di era otonomi daerah: studi kasus di Kabupaten Sintang, Kalimantan Barat]
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Kompleksitas pengelolaan sumberdaya hutan di era otonomi daerah: studi kasus di Kabupaten Sintang, Kalimantan Barat
This occasional paper is the result of research carried out from 2006 to 2008 on the effects of new tenure rights for forest-based communities in Latin America on access to forest resources and benefits. Focused on seven different regions in four countries, the paper examines changes in statutory...
Larson, A.M.
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Cronkleton, P.
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Barry, D.M.
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Pacheco, P.
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[Más allá de los derechos de tenencia: El acceso comunitario a los recursos forestales en América Latina]
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Más allá de los derechos de tenencia: El acceso comunitario a los recursos forestales en América Latina