Bushmeat is the main source of protein and the most important source of income for rural people in the Congo Basin, but intensive hunting of bushmeat species is also a major concern for conservationists. Although spatial heterogeneity in hunting effort and in prey populations at the landscape lev...
Vliet, N. van
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Milner-Gulland, E.J.
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Bousquet, Francois
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Saqalli, M.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Effect of small-scale heterogeneity of prey and hunter distributions on the sustainability of bushmeat hunting]
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Effect of small-scale heterogeneity of prey and hunter distributions on the sustainability of bushmeat hunting
The renewal of the forestry codes of the countries of the Congo Basin in the 90's has legalized management plans for forest concessions. These plans intend, among other objectives, to ensure the sustainable exploitation of commercial species. Sustainability is assessed using the stock recovery ra...
Picard, N.
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Namkosserena, S.
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Yalibanda, Y.
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Baya, F.
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Gourlet-Fleury, S.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Assesing the sustainable management of Entandrophragma cylindricum using the stock recovery rate]
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Assesing the sustainable management of Entandrophragma cylindricum using the stock recovery rate
One of the main objectives of the 1994 Cameroonian forestry law is to improve the management of production forests by including minimum safeguards for sustainability into compulsory forest management plans. As of 2007, about 3.5 million hectares (60%) of the productive forests are harvested follo...
Cerutti, P.O.
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Nasi, Robert
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Tacconi, L.
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[Sustainable forest management in Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans.]
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Sustainable forest management in Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans.
There is growing awareness of the need to sustainably manage forests in Central Africa. This paper reviews the current state in Gabon within the national context. Forests play a very important role in Gabon in view of their extensive area as well as their contribution to the national economy. The...
Drouineau, S.
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Nasi, Robert
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[L'amenagement forestier au Gabon: historique, bilan, perpectives]
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L'amenagement forestier au Gabon: historique, bilan, perpectives
Management means allocating and distributing limited resources to achieve clearly defined targets. This definition helps towards a clear summary of the way ideas to do with forest management have been developing. Areas of concern have been gradually shifting form technical assignments (resource a...
Bertrand, A.
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Babin, D.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Evalution et diversite du concept d'amenagement forestier]
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Evalution et diversite du concept d'amenagement forestier
Tropical deforestation is leading to a loss of economically productive timber concessions, as well as areas with important environmental or socio-cultural values. To counteract this threat in Southeast Asia, sustainable forest management (SFM) practices are becoming increasingly important. We ass...
Dennis, R.A.
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Meijaard, E.
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Nasi, Robert
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Gustafsson, L.
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[Biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asian timber concessions: a critical evaluation of policy mechanisms and guidelines]
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Biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asian timber concessions: a critical evaluation of policy mechanisms and guidelines
Conservation concessions, as advocated by E.Niesten and R.Rice, suggest the paying revenues to populations and the State so that they may renounce income derived from forest exploitation. Apart from the questionable transformation of peasants as renters of conservation, serious questions arise as...
Karsenty, A.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Un commentaire sur l'article de E. Niesten et R. Rice les (concessions de conservation) sonnent-elles le glas de l'amenagement forestier durable?]
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Un commentaire sur l'article de E. Niesten et R. Rice les (concessions de conservation) sonnent-elles le glas de l'amenagement forestier durable?
Nasi, Robert
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Frost, P.
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[Sustainable forest management in the tropics: is everything in order but the patient still dying?]
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Sustainable forest management in the tropics: is everything in order but the patient still dying?
In this review paper, we assess the economical, governance, and technical conditions that shape forest management in tropical Latin America with particular regard to efforts to reduce forest-based carbon emissions. We provide a framework for discussions about ways to improve forest management tha...
Nasi, Robert
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Putz, F E.
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Pacheco, P.
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Wunder, Sven
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Anta, S.
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[Sustainable forest management and carbon in tropical Latin America: the case for REDD+]
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Sustainable forest management and carbon in tropical Latin America: the case for REDD+
The present paper is a review of the methods used for assessing defaunation, as a forest degradation component, linked to logging and logging concessions with an emphasis on mammals and Central Africa Rainforests. A discussion on the usefulness and weaknesses of these methods is provided
Nasi, Robert
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Vliet, N. van
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[Defaunation and forest degradation in Central African logging concessions: how to measure the impacts of bush meat hunting on the ecosystem? case studies on measuring and assessing forest degradation]
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Defaunation and forest degradation in Central African logging concessions: how to measure the impacts of bush meat hunting on the ecosystem? case studies on measuring and assessing forest degradation