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
Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Implications of adaptive collaborative management for more equitable forest management]
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Implications of adaptive collaborative management for more equitable forest management
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
Dounias, E.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Sociocultural dimensions of diet and health in forest-dwellers' systems]
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Sociocultural dimensions of diet and health in forest-dwellers' systems
This chapter describes Colfer’s experience doing fieldwork in the village of Pulai, in West Sumatra. She describes the early stages of her research when the community approached her with great suspicion, fearing that she was there to proselytize the Christian religion. She documents her persisten...
The importance of forests for human health and well-being is well documented in the literature. Forests provide a wide range of ecosystem services beneficial for human life both in urbanised and rural areas, from temperature regulation and air filtration to provision of food and medicinal plants....
Hägerhäll, C.M.
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Ode, A.
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Tveit, M.S.
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Velarde, M.D.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Sarjala, T.
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[Forests, human health and well-being in light of climate change and urbanisation]
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Forests, human health and well-being in light of climate change and urbanisation
Elias, Marlène
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Basnett, B.S.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Looking forward in gender and forestry related research and praxis]
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Looking forward in gender and forestry related research and praxis