Tropical countries are expanding plantation forestry to develop sustainable wood production systems. Much of this is based on short rotations of exotic species. These systems require large capital investments, represent intensive land use and increase the demands on the soil. To develop options f...
Hopmans, P.
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Prabhu, R.
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Brand, D.
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Nambiar, S.
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Cossalter, C.
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[Development of C&I for tropical plantation forests]
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Development of C&I for tropical plantation forests
This report documents the conduct of the first field tests of criteria and indicators (C&I) at the forest management unit level. Interdisciplinary and international teams of five persons conducted tests of five sets of C&I in four countries (Germany, Indonesia, Brazil, and Cote d’Ivoire). This re...
Prabhu, R.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Venkateswarlu, P.
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Tan, L.C.
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Soekmadi, R.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Testing criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of forests: phase 1. Final Report]
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Testing criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of forests: phase 1. Final Report
Kuppannan, Palanisami
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Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy
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Nagothu, U. S.
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Ranganathan, C.R.
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Barton, David N.
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[Vulnerability assessment, impacts of climate change on agricultural production in the Godavari River Basin, India.]
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Vulnerability assessment, impacts of climate change on agricultural production in the Godavari River Basin, India.
Nagothu, U. S.
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Barton, David N.
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Gosain, A. K.
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Kuppannan, Palanisami
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Tirupathaiah, K.
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Stalnacke, P.
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Gupta, S.
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Deelstra, J.
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[Summary and way forward.]
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Summary and way forward.
Erkossa, Teklu
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Hagos, Fitsum
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Lefore, Nicole
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[Proceedings of the Workshop on Flood-based Farming for Food Security and Adaption to Climate Change in Ethiopia: Potential and Challenges, Adama, Ethiopia, 30-31 October 2013]
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Proceedings of the Workshop on Flood-based Farming for Food Security and Adaption to Climate Change in Ethiopia: Potential and Challenges, Adama, Ethiopia, 30-31 October 2013
This paper traces the growing interest in the development of Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest since the declaration of the 'Forest Principles' at the Rio Conference 1992. Several processes are underway in the different regions of the world to define sets of criteria and indicators t...
Prabhu, R.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Shepherd, G.
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[Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: new findings from CIFOR's forest management unit level research]
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Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: new findings from CIFOR's forest management unit level research
This is the report of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) sixth test of criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management. The test took place in October and November 1996 in and around Kribi, Cameroon. Unlike previous criteria and indicators (C&I) tests, the Kribi test...
Prabhu, R.
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Maynard, W.
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Eba'a Atyi, R.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Shepherd, G.
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Venkateswarlu, P.
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Tiayon, F.
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[Testing and developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management in Cameroon: the Kribi test]
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Testing and developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management in Cameroon: the Kribi test
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has carried out research to develop Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management (C&I) in eight countries since 1994. In the CIFOR framework C&I are organised hierarchically as principles, criteria, indicators, and verifiers. Bas...
Haggith, M.
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Prabhu, R.
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Purnomo, H.
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Rizal, A.
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Taylor, J.
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Yasmi, Y.
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Sukadri, D.
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[CIMAT: a knowledge-based system for developing criteria & indicators for sustainable forest management]
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CIMAT: a knowledge-based system for developing criteria & indicators for sustainable forest management
This report explores criteria and indicators (C&I) for monitoring and assessing the sustainability of community managed forests (CMFs), and offers some insights into methodological tools and conceptual approaches for C&I development. The research was intended to explore the potential value of C&I...
Burford de Oliveira, N.
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McDougall, C.
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Ritchie, B.
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Hartanto, H.
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Haggith, M.
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Setyawati, T.
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[Developing criteria and indicators of community managed forests as assessment and learning tools: objectives, methodologies and results]
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Developing criteria and indicators of community managed forests as assessment and learning tools: objectives, methodologies and results
This paper describes an application of multi-criteria analysis (MCA) in evaluating and selecting criteria and indicators (C&I) of forest sustainability. The method was applied on a case study involving a forest area managed under the Community-Based Forest Management System of the Department of E...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Evaluating and selecting criteria and indicators of forest sustainability: a case study on participatory assessment under CBFM in the Philippines]
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Evaluating and selecting criteria and indicators of forest sustainability: a case study on participatory assessment under CBFM in the Philippines