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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.Ndikumagenge, C.Campbell, Bruce M.Usongo, L.[Wildlife, loggers and livelihoods in the Congo Basin]Wildlife, loggers and livelihoods in the Congo Basin

An approach to assessing the environmental outcomes and changes in peoples’ livelihoods resulting from landscape-scale conservation interventions was developed for three locations in Africa. Simple sets of performance indicators were developed through participatory processes that included a varie...


Sayer, Jeffrey A.Campbell, Bruce M.Petheram, L.Aldrich, M.Ruiz Perez, M.Endamana, D.Dongmo, Z.L N.Defo, L.Mariki, S.Doggart, N.Burgess, N.[Assessing environment and development outcomes in conservation landscapes]Assessing environment and development outcomes in conservation landscapes

This paper examines the needs for forest science for the 21st century and ways of organising research to meet them. The world of the 21st century will be one of knowledge-based societies and globalised economies. The need for global stewardship of the environmental and social values of forests is...


Byron, R.N.Sayer, Jeffrey A.[Organising forestry research to meet the challenges of the information age]Organising forestry research to meet the challenges of the information age
Campbell, Bruce M.Hagmann, J.Sayer, Jeffrey A.Stroud, AnnThomas, R.Wollenberg, Eva K.[What kind of research and development is needed for natural resource management?]What kind of research and development is needed for natural resource management?

C. H. Cannon et al. report an increase in tree diversity 8 years after selective logging in Borneo. These results accord with theoretical expectations and with previous observations; however, the significance of these findings is debatable. Cannon et al.'s analyses are confounded by differences i...


Sheil, DouglasSayer, Jeffrey A.O'Brien, T.[Tree diversity and conservation in logged rainforest]Tree diversity and conservation in logged rainforest

Six brief articles envisage forests and forestry in 2050 in Africa (Umeh; Omoluabi), Asia and the Pacific (Salleh). Europe (Prins), Latin America and the Caribbean (Tomaselli), the Near East (Abdel Nour) and North America (Dombeck; Moad). A final section by Sayer discusses the future management o...


Umeh, L.I.Omoluabi, C.Salleh, M.N.Prins, C.Tomaselli, I.Abdel Nour, H.O.Dombeck, M.Moad, A.Sayer, Jeffrey A.[Forests and the future: regional perspectives]Forests and the future: regional perspectives

Discusses methods for measuring and monitoring different components of biodiversity in tropical forests. Considers the conservation of biodiversity in tropical forests including the use of criteria and indicators, the zonation concept of management, the use of buffer zones, and extractive...


Boyle, T.J.B.Sayer, Jeffrey A.[Measuring, monitoring and conserving biodiversity in managed tropical forests]Measuring, monitoring and conserving biodiversity in managed tropical forests

The external factors that influence the environmental, socialandeconomic performance of logging companies were studied using a questionnaire submitted to 30 logging concessions in five countries of the Congo Basin. This paper analyses socioeconomic constraints and environmental impacts experience...


Ruiz Perez, M.Blas, D.E. deNasi, RobertSayer, Jeffrey A.Karsenty, A.Sassen, M.Angoue, C.Gami, N.Ndoye, O.Ngono, G.Nguinguiri, J.C.Nzala, D.Toirambe, B.Yalibanda, Y.[Socioeconomic constraints, environmental impacts and drivers of change in the Congo Basin as perceived by logging companies]Socioeconomic constraints, environmental impacts and drivers of change in the Congo Basin as perceived by logging companies

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