This paper look at forest products (FP) procurement and trade in Indonesia in a historical perspective, and critically investigate the nature of the actions of the players involved in these economic activities. It identifies the different actions of the various participants that can be qualified ...
Jong, W. de
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Belcher, B.
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Rohadi, D.
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Mustikasari, R.
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Levang, P.
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[The political ecology of forest products in Indonesia: a history of changing adversaries]
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The political ecology of forest products in Indonesia: a history of changing adversaries
A simplistic explanation of why tropical forests degrade or disappear all together is, because loggers take out too many trees, companies convert forest for plantations, and small farmers slash forest to make agricultural fields. Political ecology is a scientific inter-discipline that tries to id...
Jong, W. de
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Tuk-Po, L.
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Ken-Ichi, Abe
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[The political ecology of tropical forests in Southeast Asia: historical roots of modern problems]
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The political ecology of tropical forests in Southeast Asia: historical roots of modern problems
Jong, W. de
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Becker, M.
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Ruiz, S.
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Gottwald, C.
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[El nuevo regimen forestal en el norte amazonico boliviano]
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El nuevo regimen forestal en el norte amazonico boliviano
Effective planning for non-timber forest product (NTFP) development and conservation will ensure the most effective use of scarce resources and maximise the likelihood that the objective will be obtained. NTFP development and conservation is usually a long-term activity and involves the collabora...
Jong, W. de
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Utama, R.
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[Turning ideas into action: planning for non-timber forest product development and conservation]
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Turning ideas into action: planning for non-timber forest product development and conservation
Staver, Charles
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Jong, W. de
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Nicaragua's frontier: the Bosawas biosphere reserve]
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Nicaragua's frontier: the Bosawas biosphere reserve
This chapter compares forest gardens among Dayak indigenous farmers in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It provides a detailed analyses of 5 plots of “tembawang” forest. Tembawang are forest that are “recreated” on land that was used before as agricultural land. Dayak farmers as arule reserve certain ...
Jong, W. de
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[Recreating the forest: successful examples of ethnoconservation among Dayak groups in central West Kalimantan]
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Recreating the forest: successful examples of ethnoconservation among Dayak groups in central West Kalimantan
Rubber is the most widespread smallholder tree crop in Southeast Asia. Some analysts have blamed the expansion of rubber for greatly contributing to the conversion of mature tropical forest in both Indonesia and Malaysia. The paper critically examines to what extent smallholder rubber production ...
The expansion of agriculture is widely held to be one of the causes of tropical deforestation. Simply stated, the progressive expansion of agriculture into areas of tropical forest can only occur when forests are slashed. There is little doubt that in many places an increased need for agricultura...