Scenario methods can be used to anticipate the future and expand the creativity of people thinking about complex forest management situations. This manual describes the use of scenarios with multiple stakeholders, with examples drawn from community-based forest management. Four classes of scenari...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Edmunds, D.
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Buck, L.
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[Anticipating change: scenarios as a tool for adaptive forest management: a guide]
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Anticipating change: scenarios as a tool for adaptive forest management: a guide
This chapter examines China’s experiment on devolution policies for local forest management. These policies included the transfer of forest management from collectives to households, the involvement of villagers in the management of state forests, and the shift of some decision-making authority i...
Liu Dachang
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Edmunds, D.
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[The promises and limitations of devolution and local forest management in China]
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The promises and limitations of devolution and local forest management in China
This chapter explains the purpose and methods of the book Local Forest Management. The book uses 12-20 case studies in each China, Philippines and India to understand the impacts of community-based forest management policies of the last two decades. We define impacts in terms of the changes in ec...
This chapter concludes from a study of the impacts of forest devolution policies in China, India and the Philippines that devolution has had significant impacts, but mostly on increasing forest cover. Changes in livelihoods were mixed, and control over forests was little changed. In some cases, d...
Edmunds, D.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Contreras, A.P.
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Liu Dachang
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Kelkar, G.
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Nathan, D.
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Sarin, M.
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Singh, N.M.
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[Local forest management: conclusion]
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Local forest management: conclusion
Current trends to improve the adaptiveness of community forest management focus on monitoring past actions and emphasize internal dynamics. We show how scenario methods can be used to 1) enable managers to better understand landscape and larger scale forces for change and to work with stakeholder...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Edmunds, D.
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Buck, L.
,
[Anticipating change: scenarios as a tool for increasing adaptivity in multistakeholder setting]
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Anticipating change: scenarios as a tool for increasing adaptivity in multistakeholder setting
Scenario methods can be used to anticipate the future and expand the creativity of people thinking about complex forest management situations. This manual describes the use of scenarios with multiple stakeholders, with examples drawn from community-based forest management. Four classes of scenari...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
,
Edmunds, D.
,
Buck, L.
,
[Mengantisipasi perubahan skenario sebagai sarana pengelolaan hutan secara adaptif: suatu panduan]
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Mengantisipasi perubahan skenario sebagai sarana pengelolaan hutan secara adaptif: suatu panduan
Scenario methods can be used to anticipate the future and expand the creativity of people thinking about complex forest management situations. This manual describes the use of scenarios with multiple stakeholders, with examples drawn from community-based forest management. Four classes of scenari...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
,
Edmunds, D.
,
Buck, L.
,
[Anticipandose al cambio: guia para el uso de escenarios como instrumento para el manejo forestal adaptable]
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Anticipandose al cambio: guia para el uso de escenarios como instrumento para el manejo forestal adaptable
Current trends to improve the adaptiveness of community forest management focus on monitoring past actions and emphasise internal dynamics. Scenario methods can be used to: (1) enable managers to better understand landscape and larger scale forces for change and to work with stakeholders at these...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
,
Edmunds, D.
,
Buck, L.
,
[Using scenarios to make decisions about the future: anticipatory learning for the adaptive co-management of community forests]
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Using scenarios to make decisions about the future: anticipatory learning for the adaptive co-management of community forests
The authors introduce the special issue on accommodating multiple interests in forest management and provide an overview of the seven papers in the issue. The papers document and analyze existing approaches and from them identify principles related to pluralism and good governance. Three themes e...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Edmunds, D.
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Anderson, J.
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[Editorial: accommodating multiple interests in local forest management]
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Editorial: accommodating multiple interests in local forest management
This paper draws together evidence from a number of studies on the impacts of natural resource devolution policies in several Asian and southern African countries from the perspective of local people. Devolution outcomes are assessed in terms of who has greater benefits and decision-making author...
Shackleton, S.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Edmunds, D.
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[Devolution and community-based natural resource management: creating space for local people to participate and benefit?]
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Devolution and community-based natural resource management: creating space for local people to participate and benefit?