Scenario methods can be used to anticipate the future and expand the creativity of people thinking about complex forest management situations. This manual describes the use of scenarios with multiple stakeholders, with examples drawn from community-based forest management. Four classes of scenari...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Edmunds, D.
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Buck, L.
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[Anticipating change: scenarios as a tool for adaptive forest management: a guide]
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Anticipating change: scenarios as a tool for adaptive forest management: a guide
This thesis aims at improving the understanding of the economic, environmental and social inter-relationships inherent in development processes. This study specifically deals with the problems and efforts involved in the use of rain forests of the Bolivian Amazon. The core issues addressed in the...
Bojanic Helbingen, A.J.
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[Balance is beautiful: assessing sustainable development in the rain forests of the Bolivian Amazon]
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Balance is beautiful: assessing sustainable development in the rain forests of the Bolivian Amazon
Very large numbers of the rural poor derive some part of their livelihood inputs from forest resources, in different ways and to different extents. For many the dependence on forests is a function of their poverty, because they lack better alternatives. Helping meet their subsistence and survival...
Community managed forest systems embody a considerable portion of the wisdom, knowledge, and practical skills and management necessary for the sustainability of forest resources globally. These systems, however, are under threat in many ways, including from the rapid rate of change of their polit...
Ritchie, B.
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McDougall, C.
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Haggith, M.
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Burford de Oliveira, N.
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[Criterios e indicadores de sustentabilidade em florestas manejadas por comunidades]
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Criterios e indicadores de sustentabilidade em florestas manejadas por comunidades
Fisher, R.
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Prabhu, R.
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McDougall, C.
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[Introduction: people, forests and the need for adaptation]
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Introduction: people, forests and the need for adaptation
Prabhu, R.
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McDougall, C.
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Fisher, R.
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[Adaptive collaborative management: a conceptual model]
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Adaptive collaborative management: a conceptual model
Biodiversity conservation, as one criterion for evaluating forest sustainability, is assessed using a fuzzy analytic hierarchical framework organised around three concepts; criteria, indicators, and verifiers. Following this hierarchical framework, a biodiversity conservation index model was deve...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[A fuzzy analytic hierarchy process for assessing biodiversity conservation]
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A fuzzy analytic hierarchy process for assessing biodiversity conservation
The paper examines the implications of using criteria and indicators for sustainable management as tools for policy feedback in the context of India's forests. It explores some of the theoretical underpinnings of developing and implementing policy in the face of complexity and establishes a role ...
Prabhu, R.
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[Need for criteria and indicators for SFM as a means of monitoring the compliance of the national forest policy in India]
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Need for criteria and indicators for SFM as a means of monitoring the compliance of the national forest policy in India
Marunda, C.T.
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Kowero, G.S.
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Tiveau, D.
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[Stimulating policy dialogue on the dry forests of Africa: a Sida/CIFOR initiative]
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Stimulating policy dialogue on the dry forests of Africa: a Sida/CIFOR initiative