Community managed forest systems embody a considerable portion of the wisdom, knowledge, and practical skills and management necessary for the sustainability of forest resources globally. These systems, however, are under threat in many ways, including from the rapid rate of change of their polit...
Ritchie, B.
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McDougall, C.
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Haggith, M.
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Burford de Oliveira, N.
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[Criterios e indicadores de sustentabilidade em florestas manejadas por comunidades]
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Criterios e indicadores de sustentabilidade em florestas manejadas por comunidades
Community managed forest systems embody a considerable portion of the wisdom, knowledge, and practical skills and management necessary for the sustainability of forest resources globally. These systems, however, are under threat in many ways, including from the rapid rate of change of their polit...
Ritchie, B.
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McDougall, C.
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Haggith, M.
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Burford de Oliveira, N.
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[Criteres et indicateurs de durabilite dans les paysages forestiers geres par les communautes: guide introductif]
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Criteres et indicateurs de durabilite dans les paysages forestiers geres par les communautes: guide introductif
In recent years, awareness has grown in Nepal and globally regarding two of community forestry’s most critical challenges: equity and livelihoods. Yet even as understanding of these challenges has improved, actors from the local to the national levels in Nepal continue to be confronted with the d...
McDougall, C.
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Ojha, H.
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Banjade, M.R.
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Pandit, B.H.
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Bhattarai, T.
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Maharjan, M.R.
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Rana, S.
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[Forests of learning: Experiences from research on an Adaptive Collaborative Approach to community forestry in Nepal]
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Forests of learning: Experiences from research on an Adaptive Collaborative Approach to community forestry in Nepal
Viewing resource management essentially through a biophysical lens has provided too restricted a perspective for understanding complex political processes surrounding forest management. The case of community forestry in Nepal demonstrates a range of experiences of complex political processes, inc...
Ojha, H.
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Paudel, N.S.
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Banjade, M.R.
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McDougall, C.
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Cameron, J.
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[The deliberative scientist: integrating science and politics in forest resource governance in Nepal]
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The deliberative scientist: integrating science and politics in forest resource governance in Nepal
Community managed forest systems embody a considerable portion of the wisdom, knowledge, and practical skills and management necessary for the sustainability of forest resources globally. These systems, however, are under threat in many ways, including from the rapid rate of change of their polit...
Ritchie, B.
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McDougall, C.
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Haggith, M.
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Burford de Oliveira, N.
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[Kriteria dan indikator kelestarian hutan yang dikelola oleh masyarakat (community managed forest)]
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Kriteria dan indikator kelestarian hutan yang dikelola oleh masyarakat (community managed forest)
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?
This case study summary highlights CIFOR and partners’ participatory action research based project entitled ‘Adaptive and Collaborative Management of Community Forests’. The project, which included activities in Asia, Africa and Latin America, explored the potential contribution of collaboration ...
McDougall, C.
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Prabhu, R.
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Kusumanto, Y.
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[Participatory action research on adaptive collaborative management of community forests: a multi-country model]
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Participatory action research on adaptive collaborative management of community forests: a multi-country model
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
Carrying out action research with forest dependent communities calls for special attention to their tenure arrangement, power relations, heterogeneity and the governance arrangements of the forests they use or manage. This is what over four years of CIFOR s research on adaptive collaborative mana...
Prabhu, R.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Diaw, C.
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McDougall, C.
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Fisher, R.
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[Action research with local forest users and managers: global lessons from CIFOR’s research on Adaptive Collaborative Management]
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Action research with local forest users and managers: global lessons from CIFOR’s research on Adaptive Collaborative Management