This is a report on the first phase of CIFOR's research project on testing criteria and indicators (C&I) for the sustainable management of forests, which was initiated in August 1994. The project has sought to identify reliable, relevant and cost-effective C&I based on field evaluation of existin...
Prabhu, R.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Testing criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of forests: a report on phase I of the CIFOR research project]
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Testing criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of forests: a report on phase I of the CIFOR research project
This booklet is designed to help people interested in working with small groups (usually communities or groups within communities) to reach their goals. It has been written, building first on the global literature on community based management of forests and other natural resources; secondly, on ...
The BAG focuses on the social criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management, a topic that has been the subject of considerable controversy and uncertainty. It is designed for people interested in assessing sustainable forest management, but who do not have a high degree of expertise i...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Brocklesby, M.A.
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Diaw, C.
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Etuge, P.
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Günter, M.
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Harwell, E.
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McDougall, C.
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Porro, N.M.
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Porro, R.
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Prabhu, R.
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Salim, A.
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Sardjono, M.A.
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Tchikangwa, B.
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Tiani, A.M.
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Wadley, R.L.
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Woelfel, J.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[GBA guia básico de avaliação do bem-estar humano.]
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GBA guia básico de avaliação do bem-estar humano.
Who counts most? Assessing human well being in sustainable forest management presents a tool, 'the Who Counts Matrix', for differentiating 'forest actors', or people whose well-being and forest management are intimately intertwined, from other stakeholders. The authors argue for focusing formal a...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Prabhu, R.
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Günter, M.
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McDougall, C.
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Porro, N.M.
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Porro, R.
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[Quem é mais importante? A avaliação do bem-estar humano no manejo florestal sustentável]
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Quem é mais importante? A avaliação do bem-estar humano no manejo florestal sustentável
The Grab Bag' is designed to complement 'the BAG' and for use by social scientists who may find 'the BAG' overly prescriptive. The eight methods presented are either more difficult for non-social scientists to use or, in a couple of cases, can substitute for one or more method presented in 'the B...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Brocklesby, M.A.
,
Diaw, C.
,
Etuge, P.
,
Günter, M.
,
Harwell, E.
,
McDougall, C.
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Porro, N.M.
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Porro, R.
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Prabhu, R.
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Salim, A.
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Sardjono, M.A.
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Tchikangwa, B.
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Tiani, A.M.
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Wadley, R.L.
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Woelfel, J.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Os acessórios: métodos suplementares para avaliar o bem-estar humano]
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Os acessórios: métodos suplementares para avaliar o bem-estar humano
This is designed to supplement 'the BAG' and 'the Grab Bag'. It provides a scoring method that can be used with the two manuals, to come to a decision about particular criteria and indicators in particular forest and human settings. Following the section on scoring is a section on analysis. It be...
Salim, A.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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McDougall, C.
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[Guia de pontuação e análise para avaliar o bem-estar humano]
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Guia de pontuação e análise para avaliar o bem-estar humano
This chapter reports the results of research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, originally designed to assess quickly and easily the level and nature of participation by local people in forest management. The authors briefly describe pertinent results from their assessment methods. Although the funct...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Wadley, R.L.
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[From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
This chapter examines the hypothesis that sustainable forest management (as represented by currently good quality forest) is correlated with acknowledgement of the rights of concerned stakeholders to manage the forest. It used a pebble sorting method, designed to assess the allocation of rights t...
Tchingkawa B.
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Brocklesby, M.A.
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Tiani, A.M.
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Sardjono, M.A.
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Porro, R.
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Salim, A.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Rights to manage the forest cooperatively and equitably in forest-rich and forest-poor contexts]
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Rights to manage the forest cooperatively and equitably in forest-rich and forest-poor contexts
Previous research has identified three important issues of relevance to forest people’s roles in sustainable forest management that this article addresses here: the presence of a “conservation ethic”, a feeling of closeness to the forest, and a significant forest-culture link. It provides the res...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Woelfel, J.
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Wadley, R.L.
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Harwell, E.
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[Assessing people's perceptions of forests: research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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Assessing people's perceptions of forests: research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
This paper makes use of the Galileo method to compare cognitive distances between selected forest-related concepts in Brazil, Indonesia and Cameroon. The purpose is to determine whether or not there are significant differences in people’s perceptions that could reflect the concept of a conservati...
Salim, A.
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Brocklesby, M.A.
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Tiani, A.M.
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Tchikangwa, B.
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Sardjono, M.A.
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Porro, R.
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Woelfel, J.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[In search of a conservation ethic]
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In search of a conservation ethic