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
Pokorny, B.
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Cayres, G.
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Nunes, W.
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[Testing the limits of criteria and indicators in the Brazilian Amazon]
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Testing the limits of criteria and indicators in the Brazilian Amazon
Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) is an integrative approach for implementing sustainable management of natural resources, based on a main hypothesis, that is: if there is a high degree of collaboration between stakeholders combined with a high adaptiveness of management systems, the result...
Pokorny, B.
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Cayres, G.
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Nunes, W.
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Segebart, D.
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Drude, R.
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Steinbrenner, M.
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[Adaptive collaborative management: criteria and indicators for assessing sustainability]
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Adaptive collaborative management: criteria and indicators for assessing sustainability