This report is based on a case study looking at the change in decentralization laws from the highly decentralized system under 22/1999 to a moderate system under 32/2004. It specifically analyses the implications of such change for local-level forest decision making processes related to forestry,...
Ngakan, P.O.
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Achmad, A.
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Lahae, K.
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Komarudin, H.
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Tako, A.
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[Implikasi perubahan kebijakan otonomi daerah terhadap beberapa aspek di sektor kehutanan: studi kasus di kabupaten Luwu utara, Sulawesi selatan]
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Implikasi perubahan kebijakan otonomi daerah terhadap beberapa aspek di sektor kehutanan: studi kasus di kabupaten Luwu utara, Sulawesi selatan
This chapter reports the results of research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, originally designed to assess quickly and easily the level and nature of participation by local people in forest management. The authors briefly describe pertinent results from their assessment methods. Although the funct...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Wadley, R.L.
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[From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
This chapter examines the hypothesis that sustainable forest management (as represented by currently good quality forest) is correlated with acknowledgement of the rights of concerned stakeholders to manage the forest. It used a pebble sorting method, designed to assess the allocation of rights t...
Tchingkawa B.
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Brocklesby, M.A.
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Tiani, A.M.
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Sardjono, M.A.
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Porro, R.
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Salim, A.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Rights to manage the forest cooperatively and equitably in forest-rich and forest-poor contexts]
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Rights to manage the forest cooperatively and equitably in forest-rich and forest-poor contexts
Previous research has identified three important issues of relevance to forest people’s roles in sustainable forest management that this article addresses here: the presence of a “conservation ethic”, a feeling of closeness to the forest, and a significant forest-culture link. It provides the res...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Woelfel, J.
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Wadley, R.L.
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Harwell, E.
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[Assessing people's perceptions of forests: research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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Assessing people's perceptions of forests: research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
This paper makes use of the Galileo method to compare cognitive distances between selected forest-related concepts in Brazil, Indonesia and Cameroon. The purpose is to determine whether or not there are significant differences in people’s perceptions that could reflect the concept of a conservati...
Salim, A.
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Brocklesby, M.A.
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Tiani, A.M.
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Tchikangwa, B.
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Sardjono, M.A.
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Porro, R.
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Woelfel, J.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[In search of a conservation ethic]
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In search of a conservation ethic
This paper evaluates Bolivian's recent experience of giving municipal government a role in forest management. It first provides background information on Bolivia's decentralisation policies, including the 1994 Popular Participatiion Law and the 1996 forestry law. It then presents case studies of ...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Pacheco, P.
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Johnson, J.
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Pavez, I.
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Vallejo, C.
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Velez, R.
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[Local governments and forests in the Bolivian lowlands]
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Local governments and forests in the Bolivian lowlands
Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) is a decision-making tool developed for complex problems. In a situation where multiple criteria are involved confusion can arise if a logical, well-structured decision-making process is not followed. Another difficulty in decision making is that reaching a general c...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Macoun, P.
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Prabhu, R.
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Sukadri, D.
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Purnomo, H.
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Hartanto, H.
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[Guidelines for applying multi-criteria analysis to the assessment of criteria and indicators]
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Guidelines for applying multi-criteria analysis to the assessment of criteria and indicators
Who Counts Most? Assessing Human Well-Being in Sustainable Forest Management presents a tool, ‘the Who Counts Matrix’, for differentiating ‘forest actors’, or people whose well-being and forest management are intimately intertwined, from other stakeholders. The authors argue for focusing formal a...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Prabhu, R.
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Günter, M.
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McDougall, C.
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Porro, N.M.
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[Who counts most? assessing human well-being in sustainable forest management]
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Who counts most? assessing human well-being in sustainable forest management
The Basic Assessment Guide for Human Well-Being (or The BAG) focuses on the social criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management, a topic that has been the subject of considerable controversy and uncertainty. It is designed for people interested in assessing sustainable forest managem...
The Scoring and Analysis Guide for Assessing Human Well-Being is designed to supplement The BAG and The Grab Bag. It provides a scoring method that can be used with the two manuals, to come to a decision about particular criteria and indicators in particular forest and human settings. Following t...
Salim, A.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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McDougall, C.
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[Scoring and analysis guide for assessing human well-being]
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Scoring and analysis guide for assessing human well-being