Funding agencies expect policy researchers to show that their efforts have a measurable impact. This poses a considerable challenge. It was traditionally thought that research influences policy directly and that specific policies can be traced back to particular research findings. However, many a...
Spilsbury, M.J.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[The influence of research and publications on conventional wisdom and policies affecting forests]
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The influence of research and publications on conventional wisdom and policies affecting forests
This policy brief lays out strategies to improve the contribution of forest markets to local livelihoods. It is offered as a first step in a longer-term effort to promote forest markets that enhance the livelihoods of poor people while conserving forest resources. While forests are providing crit...
Two distinct visions of tropical forests co-exist in the scientific literature. One is more neo-Malthusian. The other is more pro-poor. The evidence increasingly favours the latter, although many uncertainties remain. The pro-poor literature emphasises that poor families create and manage forests...
The debates over sustainable development put environmental issues squarely on the policy agendas of nations around the world. Throughout, the fate of the forest occupied center stage, and domestic and international pressure induced many developing nations to reform their forest policy, which freq...
Silva, E.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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Bojanic, A.
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Ekoko, F.
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Manurung, T.
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Pavez, I.
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[Making the law of the jungle: the reform of forest legislation in Bolivia, Cameroon, and Indonesia]
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Making the law of the jungle: the reform of forest legislation in Bolivia, Cameroon, and Indonesia
In this chapter, the authors discuss the history of decentralization in Brazil, analyze the institutional and legal characteristics of the Brazilian political system concerning decentralization and build a theoretical framework for the case studies. Brazil has experienced cycles of centralization...
Toni, F.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Municipios e gestao florestal na Amazonia: introducao e marco teorico]
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Municipios e gestao florestal na Amazonia: introducao e marco teorico
The book analyzes the evolution of decentralization of natural resource management in the Brazilian Amazon using a comparative approach. It is a collection of eight case studies: the municipalities of Mâncio Lima and Xapuri, in the State of Acre, and Altamira, Moju, Paragominas, Porto de Moz, San...
Community based forestry has the potential to contribute much more to achieving sustainable development and poverty reduction than is the case today. This paper describes and analyzes these potentials and demonstrates their feasibility with real world cases of community forest businesses and inno...
Scherr, Sara J.
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White, A.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[A new agenda for forest conservation and poverty alleviation: making markets work for low-income producers]
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A new agenda for forest conservation and poverty alleviation: making markets work for low-income producers
Forests are ubiquitous in the Democratic Republic of Congo; they touch the cultural and economic life of most of the population and have enormous global environmental significance. After years of conflicts and mismanagement, reconstruction is key to improving living conditions and consolidating p...
Debroux, L.
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Hart, T.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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Karsenty, A.
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Topa, G.
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[Forests in post-conflict Democratic Republic of Congo: analysis of a priority agenda]
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Forests in post-conflict Democratic Republic of Congo: analysis of a priority agenda
Este libro tiene como objetivo identificar las restricciones que impiden el desarrollo del sector forestal en forma sostenible en los sietes países del istmo centroamericano. Incluye a estudios nacionales, producto de una investigación y consulta, sobre las políticas forestales de cada país, real...
Segura, O.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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Rodríguez, J.
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[Politicas forestales en Centroamerica: analisis de las resticciones para el desarrollo del sector forestal]
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Politicas forestales en Centroamerica: analisis de las resticciones para el desarrollo del sector forestal