Landscape approaches have been identified as a way to address conservation and development issues in biodiversityrich tropical areas. The author conducted a literature review of 51 case studies selected by an independent analyst to evaluate how these approaches have been applied. The case studies...
Pfund, J.L.
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[Landscape-scale research for conservation and development in the tropics: fighting persisting challenges]
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Landscape-scale research for conservation and development in the tropics: fighting persisting challenges
Since 2009, CIFOR has initiated the Global Comparative Study of REDD+ in six countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Indonesia, Tanzania and Vietnam. In analysing national REDD+ policy arenas and emerging strategies, CIFOR researchers have developed five areas of work for each country. These includ...
This chapter uses an historical case study approach to convey some sense of the kinds of research social scientists do at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). It describes CIFOR's work in developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management, which led to the cre...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Dounias, E.
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Goloubinoff, M.
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López, C.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[Understanding forests-people links: the voice of social scientists]
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Understanding forests-people links: the voice of social scientists
McDermott, C.
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Maynard, B.
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Gale, F.
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Prasetyo, F.A.
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Bewang, I.
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Bun, Y.
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Muhtaman, D.R.
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Shahwahid H.O., M.
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Wairiu, M.
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[Forest certification in the Asia-Pacific region]
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Forest certification in the Asia-Pacific region
This paper describe the use of multiple criteria decision tools for assessing criteria and indicators designed to evaluate sustainable forest management. Three techniques called ranking, rating, and pairwise comparisons are described and used within the framework of a generic set of criteria and ...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Multiple criteria decision making approaches to assessing forest sustainability using criteria and indicators: a case study]
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Multiple criteria decision making approaches to assessing forest sustainability using criteria and indicators: a case study
This manual provides methods for the development and evaluation of criteria and indicators (C&I) which can then be used to assess the sustainability of forest management. The manual is written primarily for researchers, people or groups interested in evaluating C&I for assessments of forests in n...
Prabhu, R.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Dudley, R.G.
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[Panduan untuk pengembangan, pengujian dan pemilihan kriteria dan indikator untuk pengelolaan hutan lestari]
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Panduan untuk pengembangan, pengujian dan pemilihan kriteria dan indikator untuk pengelolaan hutan lestari
The study provides a comparative analysis of the devolution and empowerment process in 14 case studies drawn from eight countries in southern Africa. Each case study examined the extent to which policy and legislation devolves significant control over decision making and benefit flows to communit...
Shackleton, S.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Devolution in natural resource management: institutional arrangements and power shifts: a synthesis of case studies from southern Africa]
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Devolution in natural resource management: institutional arrangements and power shifts: a synthesis of case studies from southern Africa
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
The overall aim of this study was to explore what the development community can do, or facilitate, to significantly improve livelihoods in semi-arid systems.The authors based their analysis on two case-study sites in the communal lands of southern Zimbabwe. The main tool was a detailed livelihood...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Jeffrey, S.
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Kozanayi, W.
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Luckert, M.
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Mutamba, M.
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Zindi, C.
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[Household livelihoods in semi-arid regions: options and constraints]
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Household livelihoods in semi-arid regions: options and constraints