Between 2005 and 2009, the EU-financed project ForLive set out to analyse promising local forest management initiatives in the Amazon Basin in four countries: Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Researchers aimed to identify locally viable practices that benefit livelihoods and ecological stabili...
Pokorny B.
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Godar, J.
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Hoch, L.
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Johnson, J.
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Koning, J. de
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Medina, G.
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Steinbrenner, R.
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Vos, V.
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Weigelt, J.
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[La producción familiar como alternativa de un desarrollo sostenible para la Amazonía: lecciones aprendidas de iniciativas de uso forestal por productores familiares en la Amazonía boliviana, brasilera, ecuatoriana y peruana]
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La producción familiar como alternativa de un desarrollo sostenible para la Amazonía: lecciones aprendidas de iniciativas de uso forestal por productores familiares en la Amazonía boliviana, brasilera, ecuatoriana y peruana
Between 2005 and 2009, the EU-financed project ForLive set out to analyse promising local forest management initiatives in the Amazon Basin in four countries: Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Researchers aimed to identify locally viable practices that benefit livelihoods and ecological stabili...
Pokorny B.
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Godar, J.
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Hoch, L.
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Johnson, J.
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Koning, J. de
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Medina, G.
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Steinbrenner, R.
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Vos, V.
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Weigelt, J.
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[A produção familiar como alternativa de um desenvolvimento sustentável para a Amazônia: lições aprendidas de iniciativas de uso florestal por produtores familiares na Amazônia boliviana, brasileira, equatoriana e peruana]
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A produção familiar como alternativa de um desenvolvimento sustentável para a Amazônia: lições aprendidas de iniciativas de uso florestal por produtores familiares na Amazônia boliviana, brasileira, equatoriana e peruana
The paper presents the results and main conclusions of an assessment of compliance with technical guidelines for Reduced Impact Harvesting (RIH) in terra firme forests of the Brazilian Amazon. The assessment was carried out in two certified timber enterprises in the State of Para, Brazil applying...
Pokorny B.
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Sabogal, C.
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Silva, J.N.M.
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Bernardo, P.
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Souza, J.
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Sweede, J.
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[Compliance with reduced-impact harvesting guidelines by timber enterprises in terra firme forests of the Brazilian Amazon]
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Compliance with reduced-impact harvesting guidelines by timber enterprises in terra firme forests of the Brazilian Amazon
The development of criteria and indicators (C&I) for good forest management was identified as one of the essential components of a research and demonstration project in the Brazilian Amazon under the leadership of Embrapa Eastern Amazon and CIFOR. Four steps were envisaged: (1) Definition of a pr...
Pokorny B.
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Sabogal, C.
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Prabhu, R.
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Silva, J.N.M.
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[Introducing criteria and indicators for monitoring and auditing forest management in the Brazilian Amazon]
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Introducing criteria and indicators for monitoring and auditing forest management in the Brazilian Amazon
This paper summarizes the main findings of “Communitarian forest management in Tropical America: Experiences, lessons and challenges for the future”, jointly produced by a group of researchers closely related to CFM in Latin America. Local peoples and communities in rural Latin America are the tr...
Pokorny B.
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Sabogal, C.
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Jong, W. de
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Stoian, D.
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Louman, B.
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Pacheco, P.
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Porro, N.M.
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[Experiencias y retos del manejo forestal comunitario en América Tropical]
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Experiencias y retos del manejo forestal comunitario en América Tropical
The government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil inherited, in its National Forest Program, a formidable proposal to increase the area designated to national forests (FLONAs) in the Amazon from eight to 50 million hectares by the year 2010. This objective is an ambitious and worthy conservat...
Merry, F.
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Amacher, G.S.
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Pokorny B.
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Lima, E.
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Scholz, I.
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Nepstad, D.C.
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Zweede, C.J.
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[Some doubts about concessions in Brazil: should Brazil shelve its proposed system of forest concessions?]
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Some doubts about concessions in Brazil: should Brazil shelve its proposed system of forest concessions?
Amazonian communities have the potential for improving their livelihoods by efficiently managing their forest resources. However, there is limited understanding of how communities are managing their forests in the dynamic Amazon frontier. This issue was studied in four areas in Bolivia, Brazil an...
Medina, G.
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Pokorny B.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Community forest management for timber extraction in the Amazon frontier]
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Community forest management for timber extraction in the Amazon frontier
Growing trees outside forests can generate rural income and rehabilitate degraded lands. The characteristics of existing smallholder tree growing in the Amazon and how much it contributes to livelihoods, however, remains largely unknown. Field surveys in Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador were con...
Hoch, L.
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Pokorny B.
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Jong, W. de
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[How successful is tree growing for smallholders in the Amazon?]
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How successful is tree growing for smallholders in the Amazon?