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Access to natural resource is governed by competition and conflicts all the over the world. Alternative approaches to conflict resolution require assets provided by social negotiation, mediation and other types of social tools. This paper is based on a case of conflict of access to forest and on ...


Assembe-Mvondo, S.Oyono, P.R.[An assessment of social negotiation as a tool of local management: a case study of the Dimako Council Forest, Cameroon]An assessment of social negotiation as a tool of local management: a case study of the Dimako Council Forest, Cameroon

Of particular interest for extractivism in tropical forest areas are useful species that occur at high density, such as the palm tucuma (Astrocaryum tucuma Martius-syn. A. aculeatum G.F.W. Meyer), a colonizer of disturbed areas in the central Amazon, whose edible fruits have found an interesting ...


Schroth, GötzMota, M.S.S. daLopes, R.Freitas, A.F. de[Extractive use, management and in situ domestication of a weedy palm, Astrocaryum tucuma, in the central Amazon]Extractive use, management and in situ domestication of a weedy palm, Astrocaryum tucuma, in the central Amazon
Autor: Kumar, C.

This article concerned with the diverse nature and interest in the concept of 'community' and especially as it applies to community-based natural resource management projects that have grown in emphasis during the past twenty years. Despite all the rhetoric about community and its reference in a ...


Kumar, C.[Revisiting 'community' in community-based natural resource management]Revisiting 'community' in community-based natural resource management

Good natural resource management is scarce in many remote tropical regions. Improved management requires better local consultation, but accessing and understanding the preferences and concerns of stakeholders can be difficult. Scoring, where items are numerically rated in relation to each other, ...


Sheil, DouglasLiswanti, N.[Scoring the importance of tropical forest landscapes with local people: patterns and insights]Scoring the importance of tropical forest landscapes with local people: patterns and insights

NTFPs are important for Central African populations because of their close links with the forest environment. This study highlights the remarkable range of NTFPs associated with the rich biodiversity of the Congo Basin's forests. NTFPs are well known to local communities because they have been us...


Ndoye, O.Tchatat, M.[Etude des produits forestiers non ligneux d'Afriques et perspectives: a study of non-timber forest products in Central Africa: reality and prospects]Etude des produits forestiers non ligneux d'Afriques et perspectives: a study of non-timber forest products in Central Africa: reality and prospects

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.Paudel, N.S.Banjade, M.R.McDougall, C.Cameron, J.[The deliberative scientist: integrating science and politics in forest resource governance in Nepal]The deliberative scientist: integrating science and politics in forest resource governance in Nepal

To manage tree plantations or natural forests effectively requires close attention to interactive aspects of environmental, economic social and management factors. Extrapolation of results is crucial to the adoption of research findings and it is important to estimate the extent to which results ...


Booth, T.H.Turnbull, J.W.[Resource management domains in forestry research]Resource management domains in forestry research
Autor: Jong, W. de

This paper discusses two cases of honey procurement in the province of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Both involve the same resource, i.e. honey from Apis dorsata bees. However, in each case this resource is handled differently, showing that local resource management practices may be very site speci...


Jong, W. de[Micro-differences in local resource management: the case of honey in West Kalimantan, Indonesia]Micro-differences in local resource management: the case of honey in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Autor: Mandondo, A.

This paper reviews natural resource governance in Zimbabwe’s peasant sector from colonial to post-colonial times. Governance is considered within the framework of power, process and practice and how these shaped peasant access, control and use of natural resources. Colonial natural resource gover...


Mandondo, A.[Situating Zimbabwe's natural resource governance systems in history]Situating Zimbabwe's natural resource governance systems in history

Assessing the performance of management is central to natural resource management, in terms of improving the efficiency of interventions in an adaptive-learning cycle. This is not simple, given that such systems generally have multiple scales of interaction and response; high frequency of non-lin...


Campbell, Bruce M.Sayer, Jeffrey A.Frost, P.Vermeulen, Sonja J.Ruiz Perez, M.Cunningham, A.B.Prabhu, R.[Assessing the performance of natural resource systems]Assessing the performance of natural resource systems

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