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This study assesses the social, economical, ecological, political, legal, and institutional implications of options related to ‘resettlement’, ‘boundary change’, and ‘enclave’ delineation for each of the five park villages.The study finds that attempting to resettle all the villages from the Koru...


Diaw, C.Tiani, A.M.Jum, C.N.Milol, A.Wandji, D.N.[Assessing long-term management options for the villages in the Korup National Park: an evaluation of all options]Assessing long-term management options for the villages in the Korup National Park: an evaluation of all options

Conservation efforts at local, regional, and global scales often focus on threatened species despite recent calls to adopt more equitable and potentially more economically rational approaches. Critics contend that conservation planning centered only on threatened species fails to deliver cost-eff...


Drummond, S.P.Wilson, K.A.Meijaard, E.Watts, M.Dennis, RChristy, L.Possingham, H. P.[Influence of a threatened-species focus on conservation planning]Influence of a threatened-species focus on conservation planning

This paper assesses the role of protected and community managed forests for the long term maintenance of forest cover in the tropics. Through a meta-analysis of published case-studies, we compare land use/ cover change data for these two broad types of forest management and assess their performan...


Porter-Bolland, L.Ellis, E.A.Guariguata, M.R.Ruiz Mallén, I.Negrete-Yankelevich, S.Reyes García, Victoria[Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics]Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics

Multiple-use forest management is considered by many as a preferable alternative to single-use, generally timber-dominant, management models. In the Congo Basin rainforests, integration of timber and non-timber forest resources plays a key role in the subsistence and market economies of rural com...


Nasi, RobertBilland, A.Vliet, N. van[Managing for timber and biodiversity in the Congo Basin]Managing for timber and biodiversity in the Congo Basin

One of the major issues surrounding the debate on sustainability of management of tropical forests is the impact of different forest management strategies on biodiversity. Recent research has suggested a number of options for minimising the risks to biodiversity of forestry operations. The mainte...


Sayer, Jeffrey A.Zuidema, P.A.Rijks, M.H.[Managing for biodiversity in humid tropical forests]Managing for biodiversity in humid tropical forests

Neuenschwander, P.Toko, I.[Benin, its natural environment and socio-economic data][Bénin, milieu naturel et données socio-économiques]Bénin, milieu naturel et données socio-économiques

The past three decades have seen significant investments in programs to protect forests in developing countries. As a result the number and aggregate area of National Parks and equivalent protected areas have grown considerably. But a recent report released by WWF/World Bank has concluded that on...


Sayer, Jeffrey A.[Learning and adaptation for forest conservation]Learning and adaptation for forest conservation

Hunter, D.Chantragoon, S.[Good practices for conservation and sustainable use of crop wild relatives of tropical fruit tree diversity]Good practices for conservation and sustainable use of crop wild relatives of tropical fruit tree diversity
Leisher, CTouval, Jerome L.Hess, SMBoucher, TMReymondin, Louis[Land and forest degradation inside protected areas in Latin America]Land and forest degradation inside protected areas in Latin America

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