An important means of expanding plantation production and benefiting small-scale producers is through corporate smallholder partnerships that establish agreements for industries to purchase wood produced by other parties, including but not limited to smallholders. The workshop, and subsequent syn...
Nawir, A.A.
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Anyonge, C.H.
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Race, D.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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[Towards equitable partnerships between corporate and smallholder partners: relating partnerships to social, economic and environmental indicators: workshop synthesis]
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Towards equitable partnerships between corporate and smallholder partners: relating partnerships to social, economic and environmental indicators: workshop synthesis
This study examines the preliminary impacts of Indonesia's decentralization process on the administration and management of forest resources in Ketapang District, West Kalimantan. The case study is based on field work carried out in mid-2000, using a rapid appraisal methodology. The report covers...
Soetarto, E.
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Sitorus, M.T.F.
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Napiri, M.Y.
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[Decentralisation of administration, policy making and forest management in Ketapang district, West Kalimantan]
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Decentralisation of administration, policy making and forest management in Ketapang district, West Kalimantan
Rattan cultivated as part of the traditional swidden agricultural system has been a major source of internationally traded rattan raw material and, more recently, the basis of a strong domestic furniture and handicrafts industry. The rattan gardens of Kalimantan provide an example of an intermedi...
Pambudhi, F.
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Belcher, B.
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Levang, P.
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Dewi, S.
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[Rattan (Calamus spp.) gardens of Kalimantan: resilience and evolution in a managed non-timber forest product system]
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Rattan (Calamus spp.) gardens of Kalimantan: resilience and evolution in a managed non-timber forest product system
Acacia Mangium Willd. is one of the most important tree species grown in commercial plantation in Monsoon Asia. Recently, the need for accurate information in the biomass in plantations has become more urgent, especially since the amount of carbon sequestered in afforestation/reforestation Clean ...
Hiratsuka, M.
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Toma, T.
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Yamada, M.
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Heriansyah, I.
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Morikawa, Y.
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[A general allometric equation for estimating biomass in Acacia mangium plantations]
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A general allometric equation for estimating biomass in Acacia mangium plantations
Forest-based farmers are faced with rapidly changing economic opportunities due to many factors. In response, farmers are changing their main economic activities and land uses. This study compares the financial costs and benefits of the principal land use options in two sub-districts of East Kali...
Belcher, B.
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Rujehan
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Imang, N.
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Achdiawan, R.
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[Rattan, rubber, or oil palm: cultural and financial considerations for farmers in Kalimantan]
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Rattan, rubber, or oil palm: cultural and financial considerations for farmers in Kalimantan
Jintao Xu
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Bull, G.Q.
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Nilsson, S.
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White, A.
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Pottinger, A.J.
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[Forestry in China - policy, consumption and production in forestry's newest superpower]
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Forestry in China - policy, consumption and production in forestry's newest superpower
Most tropical forest landscapes are modified by humans, but the effects of these changes on rural hunting patterns and hunted vertebrate populations remain poorly understood. We investigated subsistence hunting patterns across a highly heterogeneous landscape mosaic in the Brazilian Amazon, where...
Parry, L.
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Barlow, J.
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Peres, C.A.
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[Allocation of hunting effort by Amazonian smallholders: implications for conserving wildlife in mixed-use landscapes]
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Allocation of hunting effort by Amazonian smallholders: implications for conserving wildlife in mixed-use landscapes
This paper evaluates a community timber plantation programme in Indonesia called HTR (Hutan Tanaman Rakyat, community timber plantation). Launched in 2006, the programme seeks to establish over 5 million hectares of new plantations by 2016. Government authorities have offered a range of incentive...
Obidzinski, K.
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Dermawan, A.
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[Smallholder timber plantation development in Indonesia: what is preventing progress?]
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Smallholder timber plantation development in Indonesia: what is preventing progress?
This article presents a system dynamics (SD) method to examine the problem of forest degradation. The model developed takes a system-oriented view of forest management, embracing both social and biophysical factors affecting deforestation. Social factors examined are socio-economic variables or e...
Purnomo, H.
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Mendoza, G.A.
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[A system dynamics model for evaluating collaborative forest management: a case study in Indonesia]
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A system dynamics model for evaluating collaborative forest management: a case study in Indonesia
Located on the fringe of the last tropical rainforests of Sumatra, rubber agroforests are known to conserve the main ecological functions of the primary forest, including a large part of its biodiversity. Nowadays these smallholder plantations are under threat. The regular rise of natural rubber ...
Therville, C.
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Feintrenie, L.
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Levang, P.
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[Farmers’ perspectives about agroforests conversion to plantations in Sumatra: lessons learnt fro m Bungo district (Jambi, Indonesia)]
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Farmers’ perspectives about agroforests conversion to plantations in Sumatra: lessons learnt fro m Bungo district (Jambi, Indonesia)