In a number of places, sacred forest sites play an important role in conservation and local livelihoods. This paper examines how Iban hunters and animals alike use sacred forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. To determine the relative importance of different sites in hunting, it compares hunting ...
Wadley, R.L.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Sacred forest, hunting, and conservation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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Sacred forest, hunting, and conservation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Colfer, C.J.P.
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[The longhouse of the tarsier: changing landscape, gender, and well being in Borneo]
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The longhouse of the tarsier: changing landscape, gender, and well being in Borneo
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Colchester, M.
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Joshi, L.
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Puri, R.K.
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Nygren, A.
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López, C.
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[Traditional knowledge and human well-being in the 21st century]
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Traditional knowledge and human well-being in the 21st century
Deforestation and forest degradation are proceeding rapidly in the lowland forests of Indonesian Borneo. Time series analysis of satellite imagery provides an ideal means of quantifying landscape change and identifying the pathways which lead to the changes. This study investigates the forest and...
Dennis, R.A.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Impacts of land use and fire on the loss and degradation of lowland forest in 1983–2000 in East Kutai District, East Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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Impacts of land use and fire on the loss and degradation of lowland forest in 1983–2000 in East Kutai District, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
This paper explores the major interactions between the transformation of swidden farming and the pursuit of rural livelihoods in the uplands of Southeast Asia. The paper draws on selected literature, workshop reflections, and six case studies to describe the causal processes and livelihood conse...
Cramb, R.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Dressler, W.
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Laungaramsri, P.
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Le, Q.T.
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Mulyoutami, E.
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Peluso, N.L.
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Wadley, R.L.
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[Swidden Transformations and Rural Livelihoods in Southeast Asia]
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Swidden Transformations and Rural Livelihoods in Southeast Asia
Swidden cultivators are often found as a distinct category of farmers in the literature, but rarely appear in population censuses or other national and regional classifications. This has led to a worldwide confusion on how many people are dependent on this form of agriculture. The most often cit...
Mertz, O.
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Leisz, S. J.
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Heinimann, A.
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Rerkasem, K.
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Thiha
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Dressler, W.
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Pham, V.C.
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Vu, K.C.
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Schmidt-Vogt, D.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Epprecht, M.
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Padoch, C.
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Potter, L.
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[Who counts? demography of Swidden cultivators in Southeast Asia]
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Who counts? demography of Swidden cultivators in Southeast Asia
Carrying out action research with forest dependent communities calls for special attention to their tenure arrangement, power relations, heterogeneity and the governance arrangements of the forests they use or manage. This is what over four years of CIFOR s research on adaptive collaborative mana...
Prabhu, R.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Diaw, C.
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McDougall, C.
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Fisher, R.
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[Action research with local forest users and managers: global lessons from CIFOR’s research on Adaptive Collaborative Management]
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Action research with local forest users and managers: global lessons from CIFOR’s research on Adaptive Collaborative Management
Indonesia contains some of the world's most biodiverse and threatened forests. The challenges result from both long-term management problems and the political, social, and economic turmoil of the past few years. This book explores recent events in Indonesia, while focusing on what can be done dif...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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[Which way forward?: people, forests, and policymaking in Indonesia]
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Which way forward?: people, forests, and policymaking in Indonesia
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Achdiawan, R.
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Adnan, H.
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Erni Yuliani, L.
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Balang
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LepMil
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[Gender and natural resource governance indicators: a need to assess and address 'sensitive and taboo' topics]
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Gender and natural resource governance indicators: a need to assess and address 'sensitive and taboo' topics