The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol raised the hopes of many, that payment for carbon sequestration services would provide a significant incentive for sustainable management practices in industrial forestry in tropical countries. Data to assess how realistic these hopes ar...
Smith, J.
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Applegate, G.
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[Trading forest carbon to promote the adoption of reduced impact logging]
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Trading forest carbon to promote the adoption of reduced impact logging
Several Indonesian plywood industry companies involved in logging are beginning to adopt improved harvesting practices. A number of organizations and individuals have undertaken analyses of the costs and impacts of implementing selected reduced impact logging (RIL) components. These analyses incl...
Community-based fire management in parts of Indonesia can have both positive and negative impacts on the forest environment, and can lead to short-and long-term changes in income. This paper examines two examples from Lampung province in Southern Sumatra, Indonesia and in Sekincau, located in a n...
Suyanto, S.
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Applegate, G.
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Tacconi, L.
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[Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia]
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Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia
The severe fires that burned over 9.7 million ha of Indonesia in 1997/98 occurred in an El Niño year. Much of the impact of fires could have been avoided if appropriate fire management systems were in place and policies relating to fire and land use were appropriate to deal with the situation. Th...
Applegate, G.
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Smith, R.
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Fox, J.J.
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Mitchell, A.
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Packham, D.
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Tapper, N.
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Baines, G.
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[Kebakaran hutan di Indonesia: dampak dan pemecahannya]
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Kebakaran hutan di Indonesia: dampak dan pemecahannya
This paper highlights how early experience gained in north Queensland rainforests provided input to the development of Pacific island codes and the code of conduct for logging of indigenous forests in selected South Pacific countries in the mid-1990s. In a number of these countries, the developme...
Applegate, G.
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[Codes of practice and reduced impact logging in tropical forests: an overview]
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Codes of practice and reduced impact logging in tropical forests: an overview
The severe fires that burned over 9.7 million ha of Indonesia in 1997/98 occurred in an El Niño year. Much of the impact of fires could have been avoided if appropriate fire management systems were in place and policies relating to fire and land use were appropriate to deal with the situation. Th...
Applegate, G.
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Smith, R.
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Fox, J.J.
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Mitchell, A.
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Packham, D.
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Tapper, N.
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Baines, G.
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[Forest fires in Indonesia: impacts and solutions]
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Forest fires in Indonesia: impacts and solutions
Cobb, A.
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Agus, F.
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Warren, M.
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Applegate, G.
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Ryan, Z
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Engel, V
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Handayani, E.P
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Hooijer, A.
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Husen, E
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Jauhiainen, J.
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Kawaroe, M
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Kusmana, C
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Naito, R
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Osaki, M.
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[Greenhouse gas fluxes and flux changes from land-use dynamics in tropical wetlands]
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Greenhouse gas fluxes and flux changes from land-use dynamics in tropical wetlands