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
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
Prabhu, R.
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Matose, F.
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[Adversity and the adaptive possibility of local communities: Setting the scene]
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Adversity and the adaptive possibility of local communities: Setting the scene
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
The development of appropriate indicators of sustainable forest management is attracting considerable interest, although some controversy still exists regarding their utility. The wrong indicators can lead to negative, destructive effects on the systems whose maintenance they allegedly seek to su...
Prabhu, R.
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Ruitenbeek, H.J.
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Boyle, T.J.B.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Between voodoo science and adaptive management: the role and research needs for indicators of sustainable forest management]
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Between voodoo science and adaptive management: the role and research needs for indicators of sustainable 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
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 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
Mutimukuru, T.
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Prabhu, R.
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Matose, F.
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Nyirenda, R.
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Kozanayi, W.
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[Facilitating adaptive collaborative management in forested landscapes: the Mafungautsi case study]
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Facilitating adaptive collaborative management in forested landscapes: the Mafungautsi case study
Participatory approaches to natural resource management and development have become widely accepted as the most effective instruments for achieving sustainable resource management particularly in the developing nations. This paper presents a participatory modeling framework that is consistent wit...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Participatory modeling and analysis of sustainable forest management: experiences and lessons learned from case studies]
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Participatory modeling and analysis of sustainable forest management: experiences and lessons learned from case studies