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The methods used to value tropical forests have the potential to influence how policy makers and others perceive forest landsforestlands. A small number of valuation studies achieve real impact. These are generally succinct accounts supporting a specific perception. However, such reports risk bei...


Sheil, DouglasWunder, Sven[The value of tropical forest to local communities: complications, caveats, and cautions]The value of tropical forest to local communities: complications, caveats, and cautions

This chapter reports on a range of research conducted in CIFOR's research area in Malinau, East Kalimantan. A major emphasis of this work was to begin to document the biological wealth of this area. The main task had three major aspects: 1) finding out what occurs where, 2) assessing to whom it m...


Sheil, Douglas[Biodiversity research in Malinau]Biodiversity research in Malinau

This study has two central concerns: the state of human health in forests, and the causal links between forests and human health. Within this framework, we consider four issues related to tropical forests and human health. First, we discuss forest foods, emphasizing the forest as a food-producing...


Colfer, C.J.P.Sheil, DouglasKishi, M.[Forests and human health: assessing the evidence]Forests and human health: assessing the evidence

Tropical forest people often suffer from the same processes that threaten biodiversity. An improved knowledge of what is important to local people could improve decision making. This article examines the usefulness of explicitly asking what is important to local people. Our examples draw on biodi...


Sheil, DouglasPuri, R.K.Wan, M.Basuki, I.Heist, M. vanLiswanti, N.RukmiyatiRachmatika, I.Samsoedin, I.[Recognizing local people’s priorities for tropical forest biodiversity]Recognizing local people’s priorities for tropical forest biodiversity

This paper contains an overview of the state of human health in and around forests, and the causal links between forests and human health. It identifies four central links between forests and human health, focusing on two central questions: 1. What are the human health conditions in and around fo...


Colfer, C.J.P.Sheil, DouglasKaimowitz, D.Kishi, M.[Forests and human health in the tropics: some important connections]Forests and human health in the tropics: some important connections

Sparsely populated and abundant in rich and exotic biodiversity, the vast and highly inaccessible Mamberamo Basin in Indonesia’s West Papua (Irian Jaya) contains some of the world’s most pristine rainforests. The region’s 7,000 people and their communities are spread over 7.7 million hectares of ...


Boissiere, M.Heist, M. vanSheil, DouglasBasuki, I.Frazier, S.Ginting, U.Wan, M.Hariadi, B.Hariyadi, H.Kristianto, H.D.Bemei, J.Haruway, R.Marien, E.R.C.Koibur, D.P.H.Watopa, Y.Rachman, I.Liswanti, N.[Pentingnya sumberdaya alam bagi masyarakat lokal di daerah aliran sungai Mamberamo, Papua, dan implikasinya bagi konservasi]Pentingnya sumberdaya alam bagi masyarakat lokal di daerah aliran sungai Mamberamo, Papua, dan implikasinya bagi konservasi

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