This report identifies which resources and landscapes are important to the Batak people. It also documents their perceptions and priorities regarding forest management. By playing close attention to the Bataks’ perspectives, the “Levelling the Playing Field” project (LPF) is able to better unders...
Boissiere, M.
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Liswanti, N.
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[Biodiversity in a Batak village of Palawan (Philippines): a multidisciplinary assessment of local perceptions and priorities]
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Biodiversity in a Batak village of Palawan (Philippines): a multidisciplinary assessment of local perceptions and priorities
This report refers to the follow-up activities in Mamberamo developed by CIFOR and CI in 2006. The new activities included additional socio-economic surveys in three villages. The accuracy of the participatory maps of the natural resources and important landscape features were improved using GPS ...
Boissiere, M.
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Liswanti, N.
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Padmanaba, M.
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Sheil, Douglas
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[People priorities and perceptions: towards conservation partnership in Mamberamo]
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People priorities and perceptions: towards conservation partnership in Mamberamo
Boissiere, M.
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Sassen, M.
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[Mesurer l'importance de la biodiversite pour les societes forestieres des pays du Sud: une methode d'investigation pluridisciplinaire]
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Mesurer l'importance de la biodiversite pour les societes forestieres des pays du Sud: une methode d'investigation pluridisciplinaire
Sheil, Douglas
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Boissiere, M.
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[Local people may be the best allies in conservation: correspondence]
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Local people may be the best allies in conservation: correspondence
Sparsely populated and abundant in rich and exotic biodiversity, the vast and highly inaccessible Mamberamo Basin in Indonesia’s West Papua (Irian Jaya) contains some of the world’s most pristine rainforests. The region’s 7,000 people and their communities are spread over 7.7 million hectares of ...
Boissiere, M.
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Heist, M. van
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Sheil, Douglas
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Basuki, I.
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Frazier, S.
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Ginting, U.
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Wan, M.
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Hariadi, B.
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Hariyadi, H.
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Kristianto, H.D.
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Bemei, J.
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Haruway, R.
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Marien, E.R.C.
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Koibur, D.P.H.
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Watopa, Y.
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Rachman, I.
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Liswanti, N.
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[Pentingnya sumberdaya alam bagi masyarakat lokal di daerah aliran sungai Mamberamo, Papua, dan implikasinya bagi konservasi]
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Pentingnya sumberdaya alam bagi masyarakat lokal di daerah aliran sungai Mamberamo, Papua, dan implikasinya bagi konservasi
Decisions on land use in Vietnam are often only based on biophysical and economical assessments, with little consideration for the local people’s opinions or perspectives. This can lead to conflicts over natural resources management, unsustainable land use and decisions that are unfair to local p...
Boissiere, M.
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Basuki, I.
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Koponen, P.
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Wan, M.
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Sheil, Douglas
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[Biodiversity and local perceptions on the edge of a conservation area, Khe Tran Village, Vietnam]
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Biodiversity and local perceptions on the edge of a conservation area, Khe Tran Village, Vietnam
We examine five forested landscapes in Africa (Cameroon, Madagascar, and Tanzania) and Asia (Indonesia and Laos) at different stages of landscape change. In all five areas, forest cover (outside of protected areas) continues to decrease despite local people’s recognition of the importance of fore...
Pfund, J.L.
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Watts, J.D.
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Boissiere, M.
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Boucard, A.
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Bullock, R.M.
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Ekadinata, A.
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Dewi, S.
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Feintrenie, L.
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Levang, P.
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Rantala, S.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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[Understanding and integrating local perceptions of trees and forests into incentives for sustainable landscape management]
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Understanding and integrating local perceptions of trees and forests into incentives for sustainable landscape management
Hawthorne, S.D.
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Boissiere, M.
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Felker, M.E.
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Atmadja, S.
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[Assessing the Claims of Participatory Measurement, Reporting and Verification (PMRV) in Achieving REDD+ Outcomes: A Systematic Review]
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Assessing the Claims of Participatory Measurement, Reporting and Verification (PMRV) in Achieving REDD+ Outcomes: A Systematic Review