Tropical deforestation is leading to a loss of economically productive timber concessions, as well as areas with important environmental or socio-cultural values. To counteract this threat in Southeast Asia, sustainable forest management (SFM) practices are becoming increasingly important. We ass...
Dennis, R.A.
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Meijaard, E.
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Nasi, Robert
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Gustafsson, L.
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[Biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asian timber concessions: a critical evaluation of policy mechanisms and guidelines]
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Biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asian timber concessions: a critical evaluation of policy mechanisms and guidelines
In the past decade, understanding of the importance and role of monitoring in tropical forest management has changed significantly. Monitoring is no longer the exclusive purview of forest managers and scientists. Now local people are working with professionals to develop and implement programs to...
Evans, K.
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Guariguata, M.R.
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[Participatory monitoring in tropical forest management: a review of tools, concepts and lessons learned]
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Participatory monitoring in tropical forest management: a review of tools, concepts and lessons learned
Efransjah
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Gunarso, P.
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Hassan, Che Hashim
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Santosa, K.D.
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[Consultative planning for effective forest governance: case studies from Malaysia and Indonesia]
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Consultative planning for effective forest governance: case studies from Malaysia and Indonesia
Capistrano, D.
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[Decentralization and forest governance in Asia and the Pacific: trends, lessons and continuing challenges]
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Decentralization and forest governance in Asia and the Pacific: trends, lessons and continuing challenges
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Dahal, G.R.
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Moeliono, M.
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[Setting the stage: money and justice in Asian and Pacific forests]
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Setting the stage: money and justice in Asian and Pacific forests
Multiple-use forest management (MFM) for timber, non-timber forest products and environmental services is envisioned by many as a preferable alternative to timber-dominant management models. It is praised as a more equitable strategy of satisfying the demands from multiple stakeholders, an ecolog...
García Fernandez, C.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Is multiple-use forest management widely implementable in the tropics?]
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Is multiple-use forest management widely implementable in the tropics?
This special issue contains an editorial and seven articles. They examine the emerging pluralism in the governance of forests. Forests are naturally suited to pluralistic decision-making because of the many products and services they provide. They often involve complex arrangements for accommodat...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Edmunds, D.
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Anderson, J.
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[Accommodating multiple interests in local forest management]
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Accommodating multiple interests in local forest management
A heated debate has been going on for roughly three decades about who should hold stewardship over Asia’s tropical forests. This essay reviews how the debate evolved. Communal forestry advocates like NGOs point out that local groups living in remote corners of countries like Indonesia, Thailand, ...
Jong, W. de
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[Community forestry and the stewardship of tropical forests in Asia]
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Community forestry and the stewardship of tropical forests in Asia
One of the challenges the communities face when managing forests is the lack of a systematic and transparent monitoring system that can be used to monitor their resource management strategies and to communicate their successes to outsiders. This paper argues that monitoring efforts will be sustai...
Hartanto, H.
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Lorenzo, M.C.B.
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Frio, A.L.
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[Collective action and learning in developing a local monitoring system]
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Collective action and learning in developing a local monitoring system