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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[Criteres et indicateurs de durabilite dans les paysages forestiers geres par les communautes: guide introductif]
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Criteres et indicateurs de durabilite dans les paysages forestiers geres par les communautes: guide introductif
This article points to the importance of systems and praxis-oriented approach in understanding the problem of illegal logging in Indonesia. In recent years, there has been a tendency on the part of industry analysts and forestry sector observes to view the seemingly irremediable spread of illegal...
Obidzinski, K.
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Suramenggala, I.
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Levang, P.
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[L'exploitation forestiere illegale en Indonesie: un inquietant processus de legalisation]
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L'exploitation forestiere illegale en Indonesie: un inquietant processus de legalisation
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
CIFOR facilitated 27 communities in the Upper Malinau watershed to develop agreements about their village boundaries and map them through participatory methods. Decentralization reforms created new values of forest resources and uncertainties that increased conflict over local resources. The auth...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Anau, N.
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Iwan, R.
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Heist, M. van
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Limberg, G.
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Sudana, M.
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[Building agreements among stakeholders]
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Building agreements among stakeholders
Community-based fire management in parts of Indonesia can have both positive and negative impacts on the forest environment, and can lead to short-and long-term changes in income. This paper examines two examples from Lampung province in Southern Sumatra, Indonesia and in Sekincau, located in a n...
Suyanto, S.
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Applegate, G.
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Tacconi, L.
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[Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia]
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Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia
CIFOR conducted a research on Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) in two Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) sites in the Philippines for 3 years. This paper describes how different ACM processes were applied at the site level to help the community and local stakeholders in managing thei...
Hartanto, H.
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Lorenzo, M.C.B.
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Valmores, C.
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Burton, L.
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Arda-Minas, L.
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[Adaptive collaborative management: a value-adding approach to CBFM in the Philippines]
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Adaptive collaborative management: a value-adding approach to CBFM in the Philippines
The authors studied the Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project (NKMCAP), Bolivia, to assess whether forest protection carbon (C) projects can significantly benefit local people. They hypothesized that forest protection can only securely deliver C if significant stakeholders are meaningfully a...
This paper describes CIFOR’s experiences in implementing ACM research in two sites in Indonesia; East Kalimantan and Jambi. The focus of this paper is on how joint (or social) learning is designed, implemented and institutionalized in every stage of the research. The methodology of the research w...
Yasmi, Y.
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Kusumanto, Y.
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[Learning in adaptive collaborative management of community forests: lessons from Indonesia]
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Learning in adaptive collaborative management of community forests: lessons from Indonesia
This short paper summarizes the conclusions of a 1999 investigation into the causes of fires in six communities in East Kalimantan. Drawing on the author’s long term experience with the Kenyah (inhabitants of five of the communities), perceived causes of the fires in these six locations were docu...
In recent years, awareness has grown in Nepal and globally regarding two of community forestry’s most critical challenges: equity and livelihoods. Yet even as understanding of these challenges has improved, actors from the local to the national levels in Nepal continue to be confronted with the d...
McDougall, C.
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Ojha, H.
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Banjade, M.R.
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Pandit, B.H.
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Bhattarai, T.
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Maharjan, M.R.
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Rana, S.
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[Forests of learning: Experiences from research on an Adaptive Collaborative Approach to community forestry in Nepal]
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Forests of learning: Experiences from research on an Adaptive Collaborative Approach to community forestry in Nepal