Attempts to reconcile economic development with environmental conservation in a forest area in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, are reviewed for the district of Malinau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, an area of 42,000 km2 that is still largely covered in rainforest. The history of the region is describe...
Boedhihartono, Agni K.
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Gunarso, P.
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Levang, P.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[The principles of conservation and development: do they apply in Malinau?]
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The principles of conservation and development: do they apply in Malinau?
Technology will help to address the challenges for sustainable forestry in the 21st century. Some of the challenges will include the shift of production from native forest to plantations in areas of comparative advantage, more efficient processing delinking end-use products from raw wood characte...
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Vanclay, J.K.
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Byron, R.N.
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[Technologies for sustainable forest management: challenges for the 21st century. Commonwealth Forestry Congress, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, May 1997]
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Technologies for sustainable forest management: challenges for the 21st century. Commonwealth Forestry Congress, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, May 1997
Several countries in the East and South Asian region, are embarking upon major programs for the restoration of degraded forest ecosystems. This paper argues that many schemes proposed in the name of ecological restoration have failed to yield the benefits expected of them. There has often been a ...
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Chokkalingam, U.
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Poulsen, J.
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[The restoration of forest biodiversity and ecological values]
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The restoration of forest biodiversity and ecological values
This paper examines the history of forest management and conservation in the Congo Basin. It identifies some of the reasons for the limited success in applying ecosystem approaches to forest management. The lack of long-term consistent policies and programmes and the relative weakness of forest s...
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Ndikumagenge, C.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Usongo, L.
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[Wildlife, loggers and livelihoods in the Congo Basin]
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Wildlife, loggers and livelihoods in the Congo Basin
The world is moving towards knowledge-based societies. Economies are globalising. The global public goods value of forests is being recognised at the same time that traditional role of state forest agencies in production forestry is declining, in part being taken over by multi-national corporatio...
Byron, R.N.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[Forest science research needs and priorities for sustainable forest management]
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Forest science research needs and priorities for sustainable forest management
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Blas, D.E. de
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Nasi, Robert
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Sassen, M.
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Angoue, C.
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Gami, N.
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Ndoye, O.
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Ngono, G.
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Nguinguiri, J.C.
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Nzala, D.
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Toirambe, B.
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Yalibanda, Y.
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[Who is logging the Congo?: a multi-country characterization of timber companies]
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Who is logging the Congo?: a multi-country characterization of timber companies
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[Diversified management of natural forests: changing roles of tropical silviculture]
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Diversified management of natural forests: changing roles of tropical silviculture
Forests are a vital and productive resource able to contribute sustainably to the quality of human life in multiple ways. Human history is intimately linked with forests and virtually all of the world's forests have been modified or managed by human societies since time immemorial. Until recently...