Criteria and indicators to evaluate forest management (C&I) facilitate the understanding of and communication about sustainability. Thus an increasing number of national and international initiatives defined C&I sets for certification, monitoring and auditing of forest management. Because of the ...
Pokorny, B.
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Sabogal, C.
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Camino, Ronnie de
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[Metodologias para evaluar la aplicacion de criterios e indicadores en el manejo forestal de bosques tropicales en America Latina]
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Metodologias para evaluar la aplicacion de criterios e indicadores en el manejo forestal de bosques tropicales en America Latina
Community forestry is seen as a promising option to improve the often-precarious situation of rural families while at the same time contributing to conserve forests. National and international organizations are promoting community forestry, aiming for a clear set of features that include: legal f...
Pokorny, B.
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Sabogal, C.
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Jong, W. de
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Pacheco, P.
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Porro, N.M.
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Louman, Bastian
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Stoian, D.
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[Challenges of community forestry in tropical America]
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Challenges of community forestry in tropical America
Sabogal, C.
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Lentini, M.
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Pokorny, B.
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Silva, J.N.M.
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Sweede, J.
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Verissimo, A.
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Boscolo, M.
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[Manejo forestal empresarial en la Amazonia brasilena: restricciones y oportunidades para la adopcion de buenas practicas de manejo]
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Manejo forestal empresarial en la Amazonia brasilena: restricciones y oportunidades para la adopcion de buenas practicas de manejo
Sabogal, C.
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Snook, L.K.
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Boscolo, M.
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Pokorny, B.
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Quevedo, L.
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Lentini, M.
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Colan, V.
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[Adopcion de practicas de manejo forestal sostenible por empresas madereras en la Amazonia de Brazil, Bolivia y Peru]
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Adopcion de practicas de manejo forestal sostenible por empresas madereras en la Amazonia de Brazil, Bolivia y Peru
To design viable strategies to implement sustainable forest management, tools are needed that allow the understanding and management of the driving forces behind conflicting opinions and divergent solutions. The approach of Thompson et al. (1990) to cultural theory—because of its descriptive powe...
Pokorny, B.
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Schanz, H.
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[Empirical determination of political cultures as a basis for effective coordination of forest management systems]
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Empirical determination of political cultures as a basis for effective coordination of forest management systems
Insufficient attention had been given to the development of effective and practicable methodologies to actively involve intra-community groups in constructive discussions about their own heterogeneity and its implications for collaborative action. An approach to participatory analysis of group he...
Pokorny, B.
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Cayres, G.
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Nunes, W.
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[Participatory analysis of heterogeneity, an approach to consolidate collaborative initiatives at community level]
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Participatory analysis of heterogeneity, an approach to consolidate collaborative initiatives at community level
Public extension services play a key role in the implementation of strategies for rural development based on the sustainable management of natural resources. However, the sector suffers from restricted financial and human resources. Using experiences from participatory action research, a strategy...
Pokorny, B.
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Cayres, G.
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Nunes, W.
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[Participatory extension as basis for the work of rural extension services in the Amazon]
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Participatory extension as basis for the work of rural extension services in the Amazon
Silva, J.N.M.
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Pokorny, B.
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Sabogal, C.
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Carvalho, J.O.P. de
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Zweede, J.
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[Partnership for good forest management: a joint initiative of researchers and timber industries in the Brazilian Amazon]
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Partnership for good forest management: a joint initiative of researchers and timber industries in the Brazilian Amazon
The diversity of C&I sets is often a cause for uncertainty and confusion, and probably one of the reasons for the still unsatisfactory acceptance of C&I as a support for implementation of sustainable forest management so far. In order to halt this erosion of confidence in C&I the presented paper ...
Pokorny, B.
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Adams, M.
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[What do criteria and indicators assess?: an analysis of five C&I sets relevant for forest management in the Brazilian Amazon]
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What do criteria and indicators assess?: an analysis of five C&I sets relevant for forest management in the Brazilian Amazon
Timber companies and policy makers in the Brazilian Amazon urgently need financial information on forest management. Results from a few experiments, case studies, and surveys have been groundbreaking, but are insufficient. A strategic partnership between timber companies and research organization...
Pokorny, B.
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Steinbrenner, M.
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[Collaborative monitoring of production and costs of timber harvest operations in the Brazilian Amazon]
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Collaborative monitoring of production and costs of timber harvest operations in the Brazilian Amazon