Value chain analysis (VCA) has emerged since the 1990s as a novel approach for understanding how power, benefits and costs are embodied and distributed to various actors. The Indonesian furniture industry demonstrates a long chain of production to consumption, from raw material producers (tree gr...
Purnomo, H.
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Achdiawan, R.
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Parlinah, N.
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Irawati, R.H.
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Melati
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[Value chain analysis of furniture: action research to improve power balance and enhance livelihoods of small-scale producers]
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Value chain analysis of furniture: action research to improve power balance and enhance livelihoods of small-scale producers
As part of a multi-collaborator research project on the potential of non-timber forest product (NTFP) trade for conservation and development the authors designed tools to assess the effects of NTFP trade on people’s livelihoods and the environment. To assess livelihood outcomes of NTFP trade they...
Kusters, K.
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Belcher, B.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Achdiawan, R.
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[A method to assess the outcomes of forest product trade on livelihoods and the environment]
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A method to assess the outcomes of forest product trade on livelihoods and the environment
This article addresses the question, to what extent and under which conditions nontimber forest product (NTFP) trade leads to both livelihood improvement and forest conservation. We based the analysis on a standardized expert-judgment assessment of the livelihood and environmental outcomes of 55 ...
Kusters, K.
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Achdiawan, R.
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Belcher, B.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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[Balancing development and conservation?: an assessment of livelihood and environmental outcomes of nontimber forest product trade in Asia, Africa, and Latin America]
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Balancing development and conservation?: an assessment of livelihood and environmental outcomes of nontimber forest product trade in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Understanding of the role and potential of nontimber forest products (NTFPs) for livelihood improvement and conservation has been hindered by a lack of a clear theoretical framework and a functional typology of cases. To help fill this gap, we did a comparative analysis of 61 cases of commercial ...
Belcher, B.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Achdiawan, R.
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[Global patterns and trends in the use and management of commercial NTFPs: implications for livelihoods and conservation]
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Global patterns and trends in the use and management of commercial NTFPs: implications for livelihoods and conservation
Preece, L
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Herrero Cangas, B.
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Achdiawan, R.
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Stacey, N.
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[Quantifying threats to forests in the Lower Mekong and assessing responses]
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Quantifying threats to forests in the Lower Mekong and assessing responses
Preece, L
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Herrero Cangas, B.
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Achdiawan, R.
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Ruiz Perez, M
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Stacey, N.
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[Organisational strategies to reconciling forest conservation and livelihood goals in interventions.]
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Organisational strategies to reconciling forest conservation and livelihood goals in interventions.
Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Achdiawan, R.
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Angelsen, A.
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Babigumira, R.
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Ickowitz, A.
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Paumgarten, F.
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Reyes García, Victoria
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Shively, G.
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[Challenging perceptions about men, women, and forest product use: a global comparative study]
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Challenging perceptions about men, women, and forest product use: a global comparative study
Purnomo, H.
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Achdiawan, R.
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Melati,Irawati, R.H
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Sulthon,Shantiko, B
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Wardell, D.A.
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[Value-chain dynamics: strengthening the institution of small-scale furniture producers to improve their value addition]
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Value-chain dynamics: strengthening the institution of small-scale furniture producers to improve their value addition