This paper describe the use of multiple criteria decision tools for assessing criteria and indicators designed to evaluate sustainable forest management. Three techniques called ranking, rating, and pairwise comparisons are described and used within the framework of a generic set of criteria and ...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Multiple criteria decision making approaches to assessing forest sustainability using criteria and indicators: a case study]
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Multiple criteria decision making approaches to assessing forest sustainability using criteria and indicators: a case study
Biodiversity conservation, as one criterion for evaluating forest sustainability, is assessed using a fuzzy analytic hierarchical framework organised around three concepts; criteria, indicators, and verifiers. Following this hierarchical framework, a biodiversity conservation index model was deve...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[A fuzzy analytic hierarchy process for assessing biodiversity conservation]
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A fuzzy analytic hierarchy process for assessing biodiversity conservation
Participatory approaches to forest management have gained wide acceptance and have also become the primary guiding principle in the management of natural resources worldwide. Despite their widespread popularity, participatory methods developed so far have often been criticized as lacking in rigor...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Combining participatory modeling and multi-criteria analysis for community-based forest management]
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Combining participatory modeling and multi-criteria analysis for community-based forest management
This paper describes the general concepts, meaning, and definitions of sustainability and proposes the use of soft methodologies, particularly fuzzy set theory, for its assessment. Basic elements and concepts of fuzzy sets are described, including membership functions and their interpretations in...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management]
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Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management
Participatory approaches to natural resource management and development have become widely accepted as the most effective instruments for achieving sustainable resource management particularly in the developing nations. This paper presents a participatory modeling framework that is consistent wit...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Participatory modeling and analysis of sustainable forest management: experiences and lessons learned from case studies]
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Participatory modeling and analysis of sustainable forest management: experiences and lessons learned from case studies
This article presents a system dynamics (SD) method to examine the problem of forest degradation. The model developed takes a system-oriented view of forest management, embracing both social and biophysical factors affecting deforestation. Social factors examined are socio-economic variables or e...
Purnomo, H.
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Mendoza, G.A.
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[A system dynamics model for evaluating collaborative forest management: a case study in Indonesia]
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A system dynamics model for evaluating collaborative forest management: a case study in Indonesia
This paper describes an application of multiple criteria analysis (MCA) in assessing criteria and indicators adapted for a particular forest management unit. The methods include: ranking, rating, and pairwise comparisons. These methods were used in a participatory decision-making environment wher...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Development of a methodology for selecting criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management: a case study on participatory assessment]
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Development of a methodology for selecting criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management: a case study on participatory assessment
Despite widespread acceptance of sustainability as the ultimate goal of forest management, perspectives about its meaning, significance, and relevant indicators may still differ. This paper examines local perspectives on sustainability, and evaluates their similarities and differences. A systemat...
Purnomo, H.
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Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Analysis of local perspectives on sustainable forest management: an Indonesian case study]
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Analysis of local perspectives on sustainable forest management: an Indonesian case study
Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) is a decision-making tool developed for complex problems. In a situation where multiple criteria are involved confusion can arise if a logical, well-structured decision-making process is not followed. Another difficulty in decision making is that reaching a general c...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Macoun, P.
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Prabhu, R.
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Sukadri, D.
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Purnomo, H.
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Hartanto, H.
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[Guidelines for applying multi-criteria analysis to the assessment of criteria and indicators]
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Guidelines for applying multi-criteria analysis to the assessment of criteria and indicators
Criteria and indicators (C&I) have become primary tools in implementing the principle of sustainable resource management. To carry out this principle, it is necessary to develop methodologies that can holistically and systematically generate relevant indicators for a particular forest or resource...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Qualitative multi-criteria approaches to assessing indicators of sustainable forest resource management]
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Qualitative multi-criteria approaches to assessing indicators of sustainable forest resource management