This chapter provides a brief history of the social component of Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)'s project, 'Assessing sustainable forest management: testing criteria and indicators', with special reference to the issue of security of inter-generational access to resources (SIA...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Salim, A.
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Tiane, A.M.
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Tchikangwa, B.
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Sardjono, M.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Whose forest is this, anyway?: criteria and indicators on access to resources]
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Whose forest is this, anyway?: criteria and indicators on access to resources
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
This chapter describes the history of criteria and indicators work at CIFOR, as an introduction to the subsequent chapters in this book. It also outlines the conceptual framework used to place human well-being within the topic of sustainable forest management. This includes a definition of human ...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Byron, Y.
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Prabhu, R.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Introduction: history and conceptual framework]
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Introduction: history and conceptual framework
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
The paper examines the implications of using criteria and indicators for sustainable management as tools for policy feedback in the context of India's forests. It explores some of the theoretical underpinnings of developing and implementing policy in the face of complexity and establishes a role ...
Prabhu, R.
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[Need for criteria and indicators for SFM as a means of monitoring the compliance of the national forest policy in India]
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Need for criteria and indicators for SFM as a means of monitoring the compliance of the national forest policy in India
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
Prabhu, R.
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[Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: a global overview]
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Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: a global overview
This paper examines the need to develop criteria and indicators (C&I) to assess the sustainability of tropical timber plantations. It does this in the light of expectations that such plantations are going to play an increasing role in meeting the demand for forest products, environmental services...
Hopmans, P.
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Prabhu, R.
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Brand, D.
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Nambiar, E.K.S.
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Cossalter, C.
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[Development of criteria and indicators for sustainable management of tropical plantation forests]
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Development of criteria and indicators for sustainable management of tropical plantation forests
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 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