Numerous authors have stressed the importance of guaranteeing and protecting the tenure and human rights of indigenous and other forest-based communities under schemes for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD, or REDD+); and important international indigenous organiz...
Larson, A.M.
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[Forest tenure reform in the age of climate change: lessons for REDD+]
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Forest tenure reform in the age of climate change: lessons for REDD+
Due to increased population pressure and limited availability of fertile land, farmers on desert fringes increasingly rely on marginal land for agricultural production, which they have learned to rehabilitate with different technologies for soils and water conservation. One such method is the ind...
Fatondji, D.
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Martius, C.
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Bielders, Charles L.
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Vlek, Paul L.G.
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Bationo, B. André
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Gerard, Bruno G.
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[Effect of planting technique and amendment type on pearl millet yield, nutrient uptake, and water use on degraded land in Niger]
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Effect of planting technique and amendment type on pearl millet yield, nutrient uptake, and water use on degraded land in Niger
Can democratic processes favour conservation outcomes in the tropics? This study focuses on local viewpoints within a forested landscape of high conservation significance in East Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). Stakeholders received posters displaying results from a previous study; these posters ...
Padmanaba, M.
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Sheil, Douglas
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[Finding and promoting a local conservation consensus in a globally important tropical forest landscape]
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Finding and promoting a local conservation consensus in a globally important tropical forest landscape
Liswanti, N.
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Basuki, I.
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[Guidelines for adapted Multidisciplinary Landscape Assessment methods for fire management projects in India]
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Guidelines for adapted Multidisciplinary Landscape Assessment methods for fire management projects in India
Viewing resource management essentially through a biophysical lens has provided too restricted a perspective for understanding complex political processes surrounding forest management. The case of community forestry in Nepal demonstrates a range of experiences of complex political processes, inc...
Ojha, H.
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Paudel, N.S.
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Banjade, M.R.
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McDougall, C.
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Cameron, J.
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[The deliberative scientist: integrating science and politics in forest resource governance in Nepal]
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The deliberative scientist: integrating science and politics in forest resource governance in Nepal
Local ecological knowledge has been subject to a great deal of debate in recent decades. Early strands of this literature could be easily classified into two camps – one which purports the adaptive logic and scientific validity of local knowledge, and the other which seeks to expose its flaws by ...
German, L.
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[Local knowledge and scientific perceptions: questions of validity in environmental knowledge]
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Local knowledge and scientific perceptions: questions of validity in environmental knowledge
Forest research has to change in response to the increased interest of society in the management of forestland. The president and the vice president of IUFRO, the Assistant Director-General for Forestry in the FAO and the Past Director-General of CIFOR discuss key issues. IUFRO should become a cl...
Burley, J.
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Seppala, R.
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El-Lakany, H.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Krott, M.
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[Voicing interests and concerns: challenges for forest research]
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Voicing interests and concerns: challenges for forest research
This paper looks at forests as sources of local environmental services (e.g. nutrient recycling and soil formation). It is through the fall in supply of these services that forest communities bear the external costs that are not included in the price of timber and other forest products. Local env...
Nathan, D.
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Kelkar, G.
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[Case for local forest management: environmental services, internationalisation of costs and markets]
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Case for local forest management: environmental services, internationalisation of costs and markets
This case study of the Hani in the Ailao mountains of Yunnan, China, highlights the importance of forests in providing local ecological services that are essential for the system of terraced agriculture. The paper investigates local people's knowledge of these ecological services, including water...
Wang Qinghua
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[Forest management and terraced agriculture: case study of Hani of Ailao mountains, Yunnan]
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Forest management and terraced agriculture: case study of Hani of Ailao mountains, Yunnan
This simple manual is intended for general guidelines on traditional methods in managing natural resources. It is based on the indigenous/traditional knowledge of people of Dayak Kenyah Uma' Jalan society, East Kutai, Kalimantan, Indonesia. Local traditional knowledge is one of the important comp...
Suhardiman, A.
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Hidayat, A.
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Applegate, G.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Manual praktek mengelola hutan dan lahan: suatu kombinasi pengetahuan tradisional masyarakat Dayak Kenyah dengan ilmu-ilmu kehutanan dan pertanian]
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Manual praktek mengelola hutan dan lahan: suatu kombinasi pengetahuan tradisional masyarakat Dayak Kenyah dengan ilmu-ilmu kehutanan dan pertanian