This article discusses the role of forests at different elevations in providing ecosystem services, and particularly water. It analyses the changes in forest management and their consequences over the post liberation period, concentrating on the post-1983 devolution of forest management to villag...
Yu Xiaogang
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[Conflict in resource management for ecosystem services: water in Lashi watershed, Lijiang]
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Conflict in resource management for ecosystem services: water in Lashi watershed, Lijiang
This paper has two objectives. First, it analyzes the past research on deforestation and summarizes the findings of that research, in terms of its relevance to the development of future REDD regimes. Second, it highlights areas where future research and methodological development are needed to su...
Kanninen, M.
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Murdiyarso, Daniel
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Seymour, F.
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Angelsen, A.
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Wunder, Sven
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German, L.
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[¿Crecen los árboles sobre el dinero?: implicaciones de la investigación sobre deforestación en las medidas para promover la REDD]
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¿Crecen los árboles sobre el dinero?: implicaciones de la investigación sobre deforestación en las medidas para promover la REDD
This study presents an approach to analyzing decentralized forestry and natural resource management and land property rights issues, and catalyzing collective action among villages and district governments. It focuses on understanding the current policies governing local people’s access to proper...
Komarudin, H.
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Siagian, Y.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Collective action for the poor: a case study in Jambi province, Indonesia]
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Collective action for the poor: a case study in Jambi province, Indonesia
Co-management approaches in forestry have frequently failed to fulfill their promise and have generated unexpected conflicts. This is partly because they intersect with a plurality of interests and concerns, in settings that are more socially, institutionally and ecologically differentiated and d...
Leach, M.
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Fairhead, James
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[Plural perspectives and institutional dynamics: challenges for local forest management]
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Plural perspectives and institutional dynamics: challenges for local forest management
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, Douglas
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Wunder, Sven
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[The value of tropical forest to local communities: complications, caveats, and cautions]
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The value of tropical forest to local communities: complications, caveats, and cautions
The most prominent international responses to climate change focus on mitigation (reducing the accumulation of greenhouse gases) rather than adaptation (reducing the vulnerability of society and ecosystems). However, with climate change now inevitable, adaptation is gaining importance in the poli...
Locatelli, Bruno
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Kanninen, M.
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Brockhaus, M.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Murdiyarso, Daniel
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Santoso, H.
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[Facing an uncertain future: how forest and people can adapt to climate change]
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Facing an uncertain future: how forest and people can adapt to climate change
An economic crisis and political changes that have occurred in Indonesia since 1997 have presented grave dangers but also important opportunities for the country. On the one hand, the depreciation of the rupiah against the dollar is part of a drastic economic downturn, but on the other hand, it r...
Tourism on Ilha Grande is to an overwhelming extent nature-based and the attractiveness of the island as a tourist destination is neatly linked to its extensive forest coverage. At about 150 km from Rio de Janeiro and 400 km from São Paulo, Ilha Grande is close to two of the most populous cities ...
Wunder, Sven
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[Native tourism, natural forests and local incomes on Ilha Grande, Brazil]
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Native tourism, natural forests and local incomes on Ilha Grande, Brazil
The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) holds US$ 4.1 billion in loans related to forest and estate crop activities, of which US$ 2.7 billion are nonperforming. Ten large conglomerates account for over 70% of the bad forest and estate crop debt. These groups are also responsible for some ...
Barr, C.
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Brown, D.
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Casson, A.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Hutang perusahaan dan sektor kehutanan Indonesia]
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Hutang perusahaan dan sektor kehutanan Indonesia