Agriculture needs to feed 9 billion people by 2050. This will require a 70 100% increase in food production (Godfray et al. 2010). Given climate change, a new kind of agriculture is therefore essential, one that must meet the triple challenge not only of ensuring food security, but also of adapti...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Nihart, A
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Holmgren, Peter
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Seymour F
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Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele
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Braun, Joachim von
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[Actions Needed to Halt Deforestation and Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture]
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Actions Needed to Halt Deforestation and Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture
Estimating the incomes of people whose livelihoods depend on the forests is a key to understanding their well being and the use of the forest. Yet there has been little agreement about the methods to undertake such assessment. This paper reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the methods availab...
This chapter describes the history of criteria and indicators work at CIFOR, as an introduction to the subsequent chapters in this book. It also outlines the conceptual framework used to place human well-being within the topic of sustainable forest management. This includes a definition of human ...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Byron, Y.
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Prabhu, R.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Introduction: history and conceptual framework]
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Introduction: history and conceptual framework
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Basuki, I.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Meijaard, E.
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Moeliono, M.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Gunarso, P.
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Dounias, E.
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[Interactive land-use planning in Indonesia rainforest landscapes: reconnecting plans to practice]
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Interactive land-use planning in Indonesia rainforest landscapes: reconnecting plans to practice
Limberg, G.
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Iwan, R.
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Moeliono, M.
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Sudana, I.M.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Community-based forestry and management planning]
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Community-based forestry and management planning
This chapter explains the purpose and methods of the book Local Forest Management. The book uses 12-20 case studies in each China, Philippines and India to understand the impacts of community-based forest management policies of the last two decades. We define impacts in terms of the changes in ec...
Indonesia’s new basic forestry law makes some promising steps towards devolving control over forests to customary communities. This chapter analyzes the law’s provisions for new institutional arrangements, “customary communities” and co-operatives. The analysis shows how the extent of centralized...
This chapter concludes from a study of the impacts of forest devolution policies in China, India and the Philippines that devolution has had significant impacts, but mostly on increasing forest cover. Changes in livelihoods were mixed, and control over forests was little changed. In some cases, d...
Edmunds, D.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Contreras, A.P.
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Liu Dachang
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Kelkar, G.
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Nathan, D.
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Sarin, M.
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Singh, N.M.
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[Local forest management: conclusion]
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Local forest management: conclusion
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Iwan, R.
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Limberg, G.
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Moeliono, M.
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Sudana, I.M.
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Uluk, A.
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Anau, N.
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Heist, M. van
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[From participation to partnership: devolution, forest communities and CIFOR in Malinau, Indonesia]
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From participation to partnership: devolution, forest communities and CIFOR in Malinau, Indonesia