Forest harvesting and transport operations lie on a near-optimal path for creating conflict. Thus their careful implementation is important not only for the sustainability of forests but also for the continuation of forestry as a profession. This paper summarises recent initiatives to reduce envi...
Dykstra, D.P.
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Heinrich, R.
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[Forest harvesting and transport: Old problems, new solutions]
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Forest harvesting and transport: Old problems, new solutions
Sist, P.
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[Structure and diversity of dipterocarps in a lowland dipterocarp forest in East Kalimantan]
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Structure and diversity of dipterocarps in a lowland dipterocarp forest in East Kalimantan
Loo, J.
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Fady, B.
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Dawson, I.
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Vinceti, B.
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Baldinelli, G.
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[Forest genetic resources and climate change]
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Forest genetic resources and climate change
Baltodano, Maria Eugenia
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Tijerino, D
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Proceso de identificación y características de la sub-cuenca del estudio, río Calico-San Dionisio, Matagalpa]
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Proceso de identificación y características de la sub-cuenca del estudio, río Calico-San Dionisio, Matagalpa
This chapter compares forest gardens among Dayak indigenous farmers in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It provides a detailed analyses of 5 plots of “tembawang” forest. Tembawang are forest that are “recreated” on land that was used before as agricultural land. Dayak farmers as arule reserve certain ...
Jong, W. de
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[Recreating the forest: successful examples of ethnoconservation among Dayak groups in central West Kalimantan]
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Recreating the forest: successful examples of ethnoconservation among Dayak groups in central West Kalimantan
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
This paper describes an integrated framework for assessing the sustainability og managed forests. The framework builds on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM). Sustainability of forests is assessed in terms of Criteria and Indicators (C & I) as propors...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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Purnomo, H.
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[Combining multicriteria decision making and geographic information system for assessing forest sustainability]
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Combining multicriteria decision making and geographic information system for assessing forest sustainability
A case study from the central extensive peatland sections of the Middle Mahakam Area, East Kalimantan, is used to depic how local use of fire for agriculture extraction activities could be a major factor driving peatland transformation. Large-scale fires that occured in the area in 1982/83 and 19...
Chokkalingam, U.
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Tacconi, L.
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Ruchiat, Y.
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[Fire use, peatland transformation and local livelihoods: a case of positive reinforcement]
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Fire use, peatland transformation and local livelihoods: a case of positive reinforcement