Forest governance is now recognized as a critical factor for effective resource management and enhancing livelihood outcomes. This paper recognizes the need for having learning element in the governing process, for which there has to be a continuous monitoring process in place. Based on recent st...
Ojha, H.
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Pokharel, B.
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McDougall, C.
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Paudel, K.
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[Learning to govern: how to improve monitoring system in community forestry in Nepal?]
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Learning to govern: how to improve monitoring system in community forestry in Nepal?
The author highlights conceptual, substantive and methodological aspects of participatory action research (PAR) into adaptive collaborative management (ACM) of community forest in some selected FUGs in the Hills of Nepal. Three main concepts of ACM identified as the core of research include: coll...
McDougall, C.
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[Learning to learn: research into adaptive and collaborative management of community forests]
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Learning to learn: research into adaptive and collaborative management of community forests
This paper examines the influence of an adaptive collaborative management approach (ACM) on poor people’s control over, and benefits from, a community-based non-timber forest product (NTFP) network enterprise in the Eastern Hills of Nepal. The approach involved shifts in governance and management...
Pandit, B.H.
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McDougall, C.
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Belcher, B.
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Kumar, C.
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Maharjan, M.R.
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[Leveraging poor people’s access to ownership and benefits of community-based forest enterprises: the role of an adaptive collaborative management approach]
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Leveraging poor people’s access to ownership and benefits of community-based forest enterprises: the role of an adaptive collaborative management approach
Criteria and indicators (C&I) for sustainable forest management are important tools to improve the quality of forest management. In most cases they have been developed by experts, but the participation of stakeholders is essential if the C&I are to be locally relevant and practicable. We asked fo...
Pokorny, B.
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Prabhu, R.
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McDougall, C.
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Bauch, R.
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[Local stakeholders' participation in developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management]
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Local stakeholders' participation in developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management
McDougall, C.
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Banjade, M.R.
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[Social capital, conflict, and adaptive collaborative governance: exploring the dialectic]
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Social capital, conflict, and adaptive collaborative governance: exploring the dialectic