Beginning in 1997, international prices for black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) boomed for about three years, coinciding with the Asian economic crisis. Smallholders throughout Southeast Asia responded to the price rises by investing more labor into existing pepper gardens as well as planting new gard...
Wadley, R.L.
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Sissman, K.
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[Pepper in a time of crisis: price booms, government subsidies and smallholder response during and after the Asian economic crisis]
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Pepper in a time of crisis: price booms, government subsidies and smallholder response during and after the Asian economic crisis
This chapter reports the results of research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, originally designed to assess quickly and easily the level and nature of participation by local people in forest management. The authors briefly describe pertinent results from their assessment methods. Although the funct...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Wadley, R.L.
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[From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
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
Previous research has identified three important issues of relevance to forest people’s roles in sustainable forest management that this article addresses here: the presence of a “conservation ethic”, a feeling of closeness to the forest, and a significant forest-culture link. It provides the res...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Woelfel, J.
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Wadley, R.L.
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Harwell, E.
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[Assessing people's perceptions of forests: research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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Assessing people's perceptions of forests: research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
The studies discussed here were designed to assess previously identified human components of sustainable forest management (SFM). These human components include security of intergenerational access to resources, co-management of forests, and the definition of appropriate stakeholders. A variety o...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Wadley, R.L.
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Woelfel, J.
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Harwell, E.
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[From bark to hartwood: gender issues in sustainable forest management]
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From bark to hartwood: gender issues in sustainable forest management
The history of local settlement in conservation areas, even that occurring prior to conservation activities, is of great value in efforts to co-manage protected resources. It shows how local people came to be where they are now, and how they view the local landscape. It also indicates how reserve...
Wadley, R.L.
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[The history of displacement and forced settlement in West Kalimantan, Indonesia: implications for co-managing Danau Sentarum wildlife reserve]
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The history of displacement and forced settlement in West Kalimantan, Indonesia: implications for co-managing Danau Sentarum wildlife reserve