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
South Africa, influenced by global trends towards good governance and sustainable natural resource management, has begun to adopt a participatory management approach to state-owned indigenous forests. This study, in a remote communal area and State Forest in the Eastern Cape, sought to understand...
Grundy, I.M.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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White, R.M.
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Prabhu, R.
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Jensen, S.
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Ngamile, T.N.
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[Participatory forest management in conservation areas: the case of Cwebe, South Africa]
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Participatory forest management in conservation areas: the case of Cwebe, South Africa
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
Will the practice of collecting wild honey wearing no clothes become a widespread practice in Zimbabwe? Or will beekeeping take over as the main way that people acquire honey? Both practices impact on forest resources; how can the foresters influence the uptake of these ideas?. This paper describ...
Haggith, M.
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Prabhu, R.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Ritchie, B.
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Thomson, A.
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Mudavanhu, H.
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[Infectious ideas: modelling the diffusion of ideas across social networks]
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Infectious ideas: modelling the diffusion of ideas across social networks
This paper describes the general concepts, meaning, and definitions of sustainability and proposes the use of soft methodologies, particularly fuzzy set theory, for its assessment. Basic elements and concepts of fuzzy sets are described, including membership functions and their interpretations in...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management]
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Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management
Grundy, I.M.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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White, R.M.
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Prabhu, R.
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Jensen, S.
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Ngamile, T.N.
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[Towards participatory forest management in conservation areas: The case of Dwesa-Cwebe, South Africa]
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Towards participatory forest management in conservation areas: The case of Dwesa-Cwebe, South Africa
Assessing the performance of management is central to natural resource management, in terms of improving the efficiency of interventions in an adaptive-learning cycle. This is not simple, given that such systems generally have multiple scales of interaction and response; high frequency of non-lin...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Frost, P.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Cunningham, A.B.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Assessing the performance of natural resource systems]
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Assessing the performance of natural resource systems
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
This paper explores the challenge of defining the scope of a systems model, emphasising three aspects: boundary, granularity and conceptual scope. The significance of these is illustrated by reference to a model of land-use decisions made in villages bordering on the Mafungautsi forest in zimbabw...
Haggith, M.
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Prabhu, R.
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Mudavanhu, H.
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Matose, F.
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Mutimukuru, T.
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Nyirenda, R.
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Standa-Gunda, W.
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[The challenge of effective model scoping: a FLORES case study from the Mafungausti forest margins, Zimbabwe]
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The challenge of effective model scoping: a FLORES case study from the Mafungausti forest margins, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Forest Land Oriented Resource Envisioning System (ZimFlores) version 4 is the outcome of a participatory modelling process and seeks to provide a shared factual basis for exploring land-use options for the communal lands surrounding the Mafungautsi forest. The ZimFlores experience unders...
Prabhu, R.
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Haggith, M.
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Mudavanhu, H.
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Muetzelfeldt, R.
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Standa-Gunda, W.
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Vanclay, J.K.
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[ZimFlores: a model to advice co-management of the Mafungautsi forest in zimbabwe]
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ZimFlores: a model to advice co-management of the Mafungautsi forest in zimbabwe