State devolution has combined with social movement pressures to give communities increasing access and rights to southern forests, making development of effective local participation in sustainable resource management crucial. This paper discusses an experience of participatory research in Centra...
Taylor, P.L.
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Cronkleton, P.
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Barry, D.M.
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[Learning in the field: using community self studies to strengthen forest-based social movements]
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Learning in the field: using community self studies to strengthen forest-based social movements
Since the early 1990s, a Land Use Planning and Land Allocation (LUP/LA) Programme has been implemented throughout Laos in order to increase land tenure security, to stabilize shifting cultivation, increase forest cover and to avoid the negative impacts of deforestation as to protect the environme...
Bouahom, B.
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Bourgoin, J.
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Lestrelin, Guillaume
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Castella, J.C.
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[Monitoring participatory land use planning for better impact on landscapes and livelihoods: case studies in Nambor, Sobchia and Pakhok villages, Phonxay district, Luang Prabang province]
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Monitoring participatory land use planning for better impact on landscapes and livelihoods: case studies in Nambor, Sobchia and Pakhok villages, Phonxay district, Luang Prabang province
In the two decades since the 1992 Rio Conference, land-use planning (LUP) has become recognized as a key instrument in putting discourses on sustainable development into practice. In Lao PDR, despite the implementation problems, it is still seen as a lever for securing land tenure, rationalizing ...
Bourgoin, J.
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[Sharpening the understanding of socio-ecological landscapes in participatory land-use planning: a case study in Lao PDR]
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Sharpening the understanding of socio-ecological landscapes in participatory land-use planning: a case study in Lao PDR
As part of its Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) Programme, the local government of Sumbawa District in West Nusa Tenggara Province of Eastern Indonesia initiated a partnership programme between the Forestry District Agency and tree grower cooperatives in 2002. The partnership scheme aims ...
Managing complex landscape mosaics in areas dominated by poverty often requires addressing conflicting objectives and managing trade-offs, such as that between maintaining/enhancing ecological functions and improving livelihoods. Laos, like many other developing countries dependent on agriculture...
Bourgoin, J.
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Castella, J.C.
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Pullar, D.
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Lestrelin, Guillaume
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Bouahom, B.
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[Toward a land zoning negotiation support platform: “Tips and tricks” for participatory land use planning in Laos]
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Toward a land zoning negotiation support platform: “Tips and tricks” for participatory land use planning in Laos
Strategies for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) could become an important part of a new agreement for climate change mitigation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. We constructed a system dynamics model for a cocoa agroforest landsca...
Sandker, M.
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Nyame, S. K.
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Forster, J.
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Collier, N.
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Shepherd, G.
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Yeboah, D.
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Ezzine-de-Blas, D.
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Machwitz, M.
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Vaatainen, S.
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Garedew, E.
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Etoga, G.
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Ehringhaus, C.
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Anati, J.
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Quarm, O.D.K.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[REDD payments as incentive for reducing forest loss]
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REDD payments as incentive for reducing forest loss
This paper argues that contextual constraints can significantly interfere with the conduct of research and development, and accordingly should be analyzed more honestly. It describes a five country research project, Landscape Mosaics, in which participatory action research (PAR) was intended as o...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Andriamampandry, E.
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Asaha, S.
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Lyimo, E.
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Martini, E.
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Pfund, J.L.
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Watts, J.D.
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[Participatory action research for catalyzing adaptive management: analysis of a “Fits and Starts” process]
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Participatory action research for catalyzing adaptive management: analysis of a “Fits and Starts” process
Addressing the conflict between biodiversity conservation and enhancing human well-being is a complex exercise that must draw upon social, economic, cultural and biophysical perspectives. Project interventions seeking to achieve a ‘balance’ between conservation and development whereby biodiversit...
Collier, N.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Sandker, M.
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Garnett, S.T.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Boedhihartono, Agni K.
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[Science for action: the use of scoping models in conservation and development]
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Science for action: the use of scoping models in conservation and development
Bharwani, S.
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Besa, M.C.
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Taylor, R.
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Fischer, M.
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Devisscher, T.
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Kenfack, D.
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[Identifying Salient Drivers of Livelihood Decision-Making in the Forest Communities of Cameroon: Adding Value to Social Simulation Models]
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Identifying Salient Drivers of Livelihood Decision-Making in the Forest Communities of Cameroon: Adding Value to Social Simulation Models
Vliet, N. van
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Sandrin, F.
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Vanegas, L.
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L'haridon, L.
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Fa, J.E.
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Nasi, Robert
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[High-tech participatory monitoring in aid of adaptive hunting management in the Amazon]
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High-tech participatory monitoring in aid of adaptive hunting management in the Amazon