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The European chestnut population is enduring multiple compounding exotic pest and disease outbreaks across Turkey. The deeply held value of the chestnut species for the Turkish public is reflected in substantial government conservation programming. Chestnut is predominantly found on state land ma...


Wall, J.Köse, C.Köse, N.Okan, T.Aksoy, E.B.Jarvis, D.Allred, S.[The role of traditional livelihood practices and local ethnobotanical knowledge in mitigating chestnut disease and pest severity in Turkey]The role of traditional livelihood practices and local ethnobotanical knowledge in mitigating chestnut disease and pest severity in Turkey

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.Vallejos, C.Pacheco, P.Balanza, P.P.López, R.[Municipal governments and forest management in lowland Bolivia]Municipal governments and forest management in lowland Bolivia

In this paper, we present an intensification model based on the intensity of exploitation and use of forests and forest lands as a relevant framework for analysing the appearance, dynamics, and evolution of different types of secondary forests. The systematic driving forces responsible for the di...


Chokkalingam, U.Smith, J.Jong, W. deSabogal, C.[A conceptual framework for the assessment of tropical secondary forest dynamics and sustainable development potential in Asia]A conceptual framework for the assessment of tropical secondary forest dynamics and sustainable development potential in Asia
Autor: Mittelman, A.

Much of mainland Southeast Asia's primary forest has been converted into secondary vegetation types in the past several decades. In the Lower Mekong Subregion, nearly 100 million ha of forest were significantly altered or removed, with depletion in terms of areal percent most severe in Thailand a...


Mittelman, A.[Secondary forests in the lower Mekong subregion: an overview of their extent, roles and importance]Secondary forests in the lower Mekong subregion: an overview of their extent, roles and importance

Indonesia has extensive areas of post extraction secondary forests and degraded lands arising from intensive exploitation of forest resources in recent decades. Using the area of forests resulting from selective logging practices as an estimate, in year 2000, post extraction secondary forests cov...


Kartawinata, K.Riswan, S.Gintings, A.N.Puspitojati, T.[An overview of post-extraction secondary forests in Indonesia]An overview of post-extraction secondary forests in Indonesia

This article points to the importance of systems and praxis-oriented approach in understanding the problem of illegal logging in Indonesia. In recent years, there has been a tendency on the part of industry analysts and forestry sector observes to view the seemingly irremediable spread of illegal...


Obidzinski, K.Suramenggala, I.Levang, P.[L'exploitation forestiere illegale en Indonesie: un inquietant processus de legalisation]L'exploitation forestiere illegale en Indonesie: un inquietant processus de legalisation

Many studies have suggested various kinds of forest policies, management planning and practices to help forests adapt to climate change. These recommendations are often generic, based mostly on case studies from temperate countries and rarely from Africa. We argue that policy and management recom...


Kalame, F.B.Nkem, J.Idinoba, M.Kanninen, M.[Matching national forest policies and management practices for climate change adaptation in Burkina Faso and Ghana]Matching national forest policies and management practices for climate change adaptation in Burkina Faso and Ghana
Autor: Bose, P.

‘Does research in collaboration with partners has any impact on shaping global forest policy?’ is a question being asked more frequently. Often, the challenges faced by most academic research institutions while working with partners and trying to measure impacts are in terms of: a. Interpreting i...


Bose, P.[Influencing the international forest policy: the role of collaborative research]Influencing the international forest policy: the role of collaborative research

This paper describes CIFOR’s experiences in implementing ACM research in two sites in Indonesia; East Kalimantan and Jambi. The focus of this paper is on how joint (or social) learning is designed, implemented and institutionalized in every stage of the research. The methodology of the research w...


Yasmi, Y.Kusumanto, Y.[Learning in adaptive collaborative management of community forests: lessons from Indonesia]Learning in adaptive collaborative management of community forests: lessons from Indonesia
Autor: Larson, A.M.

The particular characteristics of natural resources make the decentralisation of their management to elected local governments even more complex than the decentralisation of services and infrastructure. Nevertheless, natural resources are equally importnat to rural development concerns in the Thi...


Larson, A.M.[Decentralisation and forest management in Latin America: towards a working model]Decentralisation and forest management in Latin America: towards a working model

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