Between 2005 and 2009, the EU-financed project ForLive set out to analyse promising local forest management initiatives in the Amazon Basin in four countries: Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Researchers aimed to identify locally viable practices that benefit livelihoods and ecological stabili...
Pokorny B.
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Godar, J.
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Hoch, L.
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Johnson, J.
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Koning, J. de
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Medina, G.
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Steinbrenner, R.
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Vos, V.
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Weigelt, J.
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[A produção familiar como alternativa de um desenvolvimento sustentável para a Amazônia: lições aprendidas de iniciativas de uso florestal por produtores familiares na Amazônia boliviana, brasileira, equatoriana e peruana]
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A produção familiar como alternativa de um desenvolvimento sustentável para a Amazônia: lições aprendidas de iniciativas de uso florestal por produtores familiares na Amazônia boliviana, brasileira, equatoriana e peruana
This article explores the effects that gender composition of forest user groups has on property rights and forestry governance, based on data from 290 forest user groups in Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. Findings indicate gender composition of user groups is important, but not always in the ...
Sun, Y.
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Mwangi, E.
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Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
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[Is gender an important factor influencing user groups’ property rights and forestry governance?: Empirical analysis from East Africa and Latin America]
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Is gender an important factor influencing user groups’ property rights and forestry governance?: Empirical analysis from East Africa and Latin America
Rattan is an important non-wood forest product in the economy of Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and in the subsistence of populations in the Congo Basin. This paper presents preliminary results of a survey conducted with rattan stakeholders in Kisangani and the Yoko Forest Reserve (YFR) ...
Kahindo, J.-M.
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Lejoly, J.
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Mate, J.-P.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Preliminary data on trade and management of rattan in and around Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo)]
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Preliminary data on trade and management of rattan in and around Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Biodiversity is integral to almost all ecosystem processes, with some species playing key functional roles that are essential for maintaining the value of ecosystems to humans. However, many ecosystem services remain nonvalued, and decisionmakers rarely consider biodiversity in policy development...
Thompson, I.D.
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Okabe, K.
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Tylianakis, Jason M.
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Kumar, P.
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Brockerhoff, E.G.
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Schellhorn, N.A.
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Parrotta, J.A.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Forest biodiversity and the delivery of ecosystem goods and services: translating science into policy]
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Forest biodiversity and the delivery of ecosystem goods and services: translating science into policy
We discuss the main ecological factors that influence tree recruitment in neotropical moist-and wet forests within the context of timber management based on selective logging. We argue that setting aside protection areas in managed forests as a way to preserve ecological processes may not be suff...
Guariguata, M.R.
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Pinard, M.A.
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[Ecological knowledge of regeneration from seed in neotropical forest trees: implications for natural forest management]
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Ecological knowledge of regeneration from seed in neotropical forest trees: implications for natural forest management
This chapter uses an historical case study approach to convey some sense of the kinds of research social scientists do at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). It describes CIFOR's work in developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management, which led to the cre...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Dounias, E.
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Goloubinoff, M.
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López, C.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[Understanding forests-people links: the voice of social scientists]
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Understanding forests-people links: the voice of social scientists
Recent decentralization and forestry laws in Bolivia give municipal governments a strong role in forest management. This article analyzes the impact of those laws on local government activities related to logging, protected areas, indigenous territories, and land-use planning. It con-cludes that ...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Vallejos, C.
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Pacheco, P.
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Balanza, P.P.
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López, R.
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[Municipal governments and forest management in lowland Bolivia]
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Municipal governments and forest management in lowland Bolivia
Local people in South-east Asia are often cited as skilled forest managers. It is barely acknowledged that an essential part of this forest management does not concern natural forests, but forests that have been planted, often after the removal of pre-existing natural forests; forests that are cu...
Michon, G.
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Aulong, S.
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Berenger, E.
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Clement, I.
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Goloubinoff, M.
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Katz, E.
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Sellato, B.
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[Domesticating forests: how farmers manage forest resources]
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Domesticating forests: how farmers manage forest resources
CIFOR’s Forests and Governance Programme examines how decisions about forests and forestdependent people are made and implemented in order to promote the participation and empowerment of disadvantaged groups; the accountability and transparency of decision-makers and more powerful groups; and dem...
Capistrano, D.
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Kanninen, M.
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Guariguata, M.R.
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Barr, C.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Raitzer, David A.
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[Revitalizing the United Nations Forum on Forests: critical issues and ways forward]
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Revitalizing the United Nations Forum on Forests: critical issues and ways forward
Flinn, D.
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Dolman, G.
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Haines, R.
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Karjalainen, U.
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Raison, J.
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[Proceedings of International Conference on Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management: fostering stakeholder input to advance development of scientifically-based indicators, 24-28 August 1998, Melbourne, Australia]
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Proceedings of International Conference on Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management: fostering stakeholder input to advance development of scientifically-based indicators, 24-28 August 1998, Melbourne, Australia