Conducted in the East, South, and Northwest Provinces, this study aims to provide an explanation and understanding of the organizational and institutional infrastructure of decentralized management of Cameroon’s forest—also referred to as “local forest management”—and the mechanisms of the transf...
Oyono, P.R.
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[Institutional deficit, representation, and decentralized forest mangement in Cameroon: elements of natural resource sociology for social theory and public policy]
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Institutional deficit, representation, and decentralized forest mangement in Cameroon: elements of natural resource sociology for social theory and public policy
Indonesia has experienced a rapid change in governance since the fall of President Suharto, with a profound shift to regional autonomy and decentralised management that rests primarily with the 420 or so districts (kabupaten) and municipalities (kota) in the country. In exercising this new author...
Illegal logging is a cause for widespread concern. It has negative environmental impacts, results in the loss of forest products used by rural communities, creates conflicts, and causes significant losses of tax revenues that could be used for development activities. The Nature Conservancy and Wo...
Tacconi, L.
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Obidzinski, K.
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Agung, F.
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[Learning lessons to promote forest certification and control illegal logging in Indonesia]
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Learning lessons to promote forest certification and control illegal logging in Indonesia
Because enforcement of forestry law has become extremely difficult in Indonesia, a ban on export of logs has been suggested as a means of controlling over-harvest and illegal logging. A model of a log export ban can help us visualize its effects on the forestry sector. The model consists of simpl...
Kaimowitz, D.
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[Conventional wisdom about sustainable forest management and a pro-poor forest agenda]
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Conventional wisdom about sustainable forest management and a pro-poor forest agenda
This study analyzes how long-run macroeconomic fluctuations have affected timber production levels in five tropical oil-producing countries: Gabon, Cameroon, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Venezuela, and Ecuador. The core hypothesis is that oil booms, foreign borrowing and other major foreign exchange i...
Wunder, Sven
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[Macroeconomic change, competitiveness and timber production: a five-country comparison]
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Macroeconomic change, competitiveness and timber production: a five-country comparison
Ce dossier analyse les politiques forestières au Burkina Faso, au Ghana et au Mali et leurs implications pour l’adaptation au changement climatique. Il présente les résultats d’études entreprises par le projet Forêts tropicales et adaptation au changement climatique (TroFCCA). Il suit à la trace ...
Kalame, F.B.
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Idinoba, M.
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Brockhaus, M.
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Nkem, J.
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[Politiques forestieres et utilisation des ressources au Burkina Faso, au Ghana et au Mali: sont-elles compatibles avec l'adaptation au changement climatique]
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Politiques forestieres et utilisation des ressources au Burkina Faso, au Ghana et au Mali: sont-elles compatibles avec l'adaptation au changement climatique
Pacheco, P.
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[Decentralization of forest management in Bolivia: who benefits and why?]
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Decentralization of forest management in Bolivia: who benefits and why?
Sizer, N.
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Bass, S.
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Mayers, J.
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Arnold, J.E.M.
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Auckland, L.
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Belcher, B.
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Bird, N.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Carle, J.
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Cleary, D.
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Counsell, S.
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Enters, T.
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Fernando, K.
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Gullison, T.
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Hudson, J.
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Kellison, B.
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Klingberg, T.
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Owen, C.N.
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Sampson, N.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Shackleton, S.
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Edmunds, D.
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[Wood, fuelwood, and non-wood forest products]
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Wood, fuelwood, and non-wood forest products