This chapter provides a brief history of the social component of Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)'s project, 'Assessing sustainable forest management: testing criteria and indicators', with special reference to the issue of security of inter-generational access to resources (SIA...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Salim, A.
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Tiane, A.M.
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Tchikangwa, B.
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Sardjono, M.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Whose forest is this, anyway?: criteria and indicators on access to resources]
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Whose forest is this, anyway?: criteria and indicators on access to resources
The development of appropriate indicators of sustainable forest management is attracting considerable interest, although some controversy still exists regarding their utility. The wrong indicators can lead to negative, destructive effects on the systems whose maintenance they allegedly seek to su...
Prabhu, R.
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Ruitenbeek, H.J.
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Boyle, T.J.B.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Between voodoo science and adaptive management: the role and research needs for indicators of sustainable forest management]
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Between voodoo science and adaptive management: the role and research needs for indicators of sustainable forest management
This paper briefly reviews CIFOR’s experience using participatory action research working with communities, user groups within communities, and with governments at various levels, in Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, Philippines, and Zimbabwe. The...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Komarudin, H.
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German, L.
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Nyangas, S.
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Siagian, Y.
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Tanui, J.
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[Participatory forest management, equity and local governance – keynote address]
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Participatory forest management, equity and local governance – keynote address