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
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 chapter summarizes CIFOR’s work on social criteria and indicators (C&I), developed within commercial establishments oriented toward timber harvesting. These C&I are then examined from the point of view of protected areas, based on Colfer’s experience managing an Indonesian wildlife reserve i...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Prabhu, R.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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McDougall, C.
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Edmunds, D.
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Kowero, G.S.
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[Toward social criteria and indicators for protected areas: one cut on adaptive co-management]
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Toward social criteria and indicators for protected areas: one cut on adaptive co-management
This case study summary highlights CIFOR and partners’ participatory action research based project entitled ‘Adaptive and Collaborative Management of Community Forests’. The project, which included activities in Asia, Africa and Latin America, explored the potential contribution of collaboration ...
McDougall, C.
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Prabhu, R.
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Kusumanto, Y.
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[Participatory action research on adaptive collaborative management of community forests: a multi-country model]
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Participatory action research on adaptive collaborative management of community forests: a multi-country model
Carrying out action research with forest dependent communities calls for special attention to their tenure arrangement, power relations, heterogeneity and the governance arrangements of the forests they use or manage. This is what over four years of CIFOR s research on adaptive collaborative mana...
Prabhu, R.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Diaw, C.
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McDougall, C.
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Fisher, R.
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[Action research with local forest users and managers: global lessons from CIFOR’s research on Adaptive Collaborative Management]
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Action research with local forest users and managers: global lessons from CIFOR’s research on Adaptive Collaborative Management
This chapter makes use of data from research conducted in 1996 in and around Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Its initial purpose was to contribute to the development of principles, criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management. The particular topic inves...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Wadley, R.L.
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Harwell, E.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Assessing intergenerational access to resources: using criteria and indicators in West Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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Assessing intergenerational access to resources: using criteria and indicators in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
The state owned company, PT. Inhutani II Sub Unit Malinau, has managed the lowland dipterocarps forest in Malinau District, East Kalimantan for over 10 years. They established permanent sample plots (PSP) for measuring the growth and the yield in their area. However, current regulations do not gi...
Purnomo, H.
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Priyadi, H.
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Yasmi, Y.
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Yuliani, L.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Development of multistakeholder scenarios of secondary forest management: a multiagent system simulation approach]
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Development of multistakeholder scenarios of secondary forest management: a multiagent system simulation approach
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has carried out research to develop Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management (C&I) in eight countries since 1994. In the CIFOR framework C&I are organised hierarchically as principles, criteria, indicators, and verifiers. Bas...
Haggith, M.
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Prabhu, R.
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Purnomo, H.
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Rizal, A.
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Taylor, J.
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Yasmi, Y.
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Sukadri, D.
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[CIMAT: a knowledge-based system for developing criteria & indicators for sustainable forest management]
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CIMAT: a knowledge-based system for developing criteria & indicators for sustainable forest management