Available literature is reviewed to determine the type of forest management best suited to slowing the rate of loss of the world's forests and biodiversity. The traditional argument that sustainable forestry is the most preferred option has recently come under criticism from those who argue that ...
FLORES (the Forest Land Oriented Resource Envisioning System) was initially constructred by 50 people during a multidisciplinary workshop in Bukittinggi, Sumatra, in 1999. It proved that a model of a complex system could be constructed in a participatory way by a diverse team; that it could be do...
Vanclay, J.K.
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Haggith, M.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Participation and model-building: lessons learned from the Bukittinggi workshop]
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Participation and model-building: lessons learned from the Bukittinggi workshop
Zimbabwe Forest Land Oriented Resource Envisioning System (ZimFlores) version 4 is the outcome of a participatory modelling process and seeks to provide a shared factual basis for exploring land-use options for the communal lands surrounding the Mafungautsi forest. The ZimFlores experience unders...
Prabhu, R.
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Haggith, M.
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Mudavanhu, H.
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Muetzelfeldt, R.
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Standa-Gunda, W.
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Vanclay, J.K.
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[ZimFlores: a model to advice co-management of the Mafungautsi forest in zimbabwe]
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ZimFlores: a model to advice co-management of the Mafungautsi forest in zimbabwe
A GIS compiled by the Departmental Government of Santa Cruz, Bolivia offers data that may help to resolve some competing theories of tropical deforestation. The GIS contains many attributes relating to land use at two points in time, 1989 and 1994, and allow us to address questions like: What has...
Vanclay, J.K.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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Puntodewo, A.
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Mendez, P.
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[Spatially explicit model of deforestation in Bolivia]
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Spatially explicit model of deforestation in Bolivia
Participatory modelling can be a useful process to encourage critical examination of livelihood options and foster sustainable natural resource use through enhanced social learning, collective action and mobilization. The broom-grass group in the Mafungautsi forest reserve serves as a case study ...
Standa-Gunda, W.
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Mutimukuru, T.
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Nyirenda, R.
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Prabhu, R.
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Haggith, M.
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Vanclay, J.K.
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[Participatory modelling to enhance social learning, collective action and mobilization among users of the Mafungautsi forest, Zimbabwe]
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Participatory modelling to enhance social learning, collective action and mobilization among users of the Mafungautsi forest, Zimbabwe
Vanclay, J.K.
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[Modelling to explore land use patterns at the forest edge: feasibility of a static spatial model]
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Modelling to explore land use patterns at the forest edge: feasibility of a static spatial model
Policy issues are central to natural resource management, but the consequences of well-intended policies are not always obvious, especially for land use in frontier areas. A model is proposed to predict the behaviour of individuals in forest communities near the forest frontier, and the resulting...
Vanclay, J.K.
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[FLORES: a model to evaluate land-use options at the forest frontier, proceedings of a Conference on Advances in Methodology and Software for Decision Support Systems, 5-7 September 1997, Laxenburg, Austria]
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FLORES: a model to evaluate land-use options at the forest frontier, proceedings of a Conference on Advances in Methodology and Software for Decision Support Systems, 5-7 September 1997, Laxenburg, Austria
Sustainability in the context of development and forest management is a concept defined by human-beings. As human needs change across space and time, so will the expectations of what benefits and services of forests need to be sustained. Much of CIFOR's research focuses on providing a better unde...
Prabhu, R.
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Vanclay, J.K.
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[Pinning down a moving target: sustainability, people and forests]
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Pinning down a moving target: sustainability, people and forests
Vanclay, J.K.
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[Modelling to explore land use patterns at the forest edge: objectives and model design]
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Modelling to explore land use patterns at the forest edge: objectives and model design
FLORES, the Forest Land Oriented Resurce Envisioning System, is a framework to facilitate quantitative modelling of ecological, economic and social issues at the landscape scale. This special issue of journal describes the evolution of FLORES from a concept to a series of models calibrated for di...
Vanclay, J.K.
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Prabhu, R.
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Sinclair, Fergus L.
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[Participatory modelling of community forest landscape]
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Participatory modelling of community forest landscape