International calls for sustainable development advocate that forest management should be carried out in a multi-stakeholder environment. The importance of community participation is acknowledged in the Indonesian act no. 41 on Forestry (1999). However, it is not clear how to achieve this in area...
Purnomo, H.
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Yasmi, Y.
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Prabhu, R.
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Yuliani, L.
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Priyadi, H.
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Vanclay, J.K.
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[Multi-agent simulation of alternative scenarios of collaborative forest management]
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Multi-agent simulation of alternative scenarios of collaborative forest management
Putz, F.E.
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[Towards a sustainable forest: how can forest be managed in a way that satisfies criteria of sustainability. Reprinted in Asian Timber, September 1994, and International Society of Tropical Foresters Newsletter, December 1994]
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Towards a sustainable forest: how can forest be managed in a way that satisfies criteria of sustainability. Reprinted in Asian Timber, September 1994, and International Society of Tropical Foresters Newsletter, December 1994
Timber companies and policy makers in the Brazilian Amazon urgently need financial information on forest management. Results from a few experiments, case studies, and surveys have been groundbreaking, but are insufficient. A strategic partnership between timber companies and research organization...
Pokorny, B.
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Steinbrenner, M.
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[Collaborative monitoring of production and costs of timber harvest operations in the Brazilian Amazon]
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Collaborative monitoring of production and costs of timber harvest operations in the Brazilian Amazon
Model evaluation should include qualitative as well as quantitative examinations of the model. The qualitative parts should comprise a critical appraisal of model logic as well as theoretical and biological realism of the model. The quantitative parts should comprise statistical tests and compari...
Soares, P.
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Torne, M.
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Skovsgaard, J.P.
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Vanclay, J.K.
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[Evaluating a growth model for forest management using continuous forest inventory data]
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Evaluating a growth model for forest management using continuous forest inventory data
Dickinson, M.B.
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Dickinson, J.C.
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Putz, F.E.
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[Natural forest management as a conservation tool: divergent opinions on constraints, possibilities, and alternatives]
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Natural forest management as a conservation tool: divergent opinions on constraints, possibilities, and alternatives
Putz, F.E.
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Pinard, M.A.
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[La contribucion de los investigadores botanicos a la mejora del manejo forestal en Bolivia]
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La contribucion de los investigadores botanicos a la mejora del manejo forestal en Bolivia
Ibarra, E.
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Hirakuri, S.R.
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[Institutional conflict and forest policy effectiveness: the case of the Costa Rican institutional reform]
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Institutional conflict and forest policy effectiveness: the case of the Costa Rican institutional reform
Information has always been an important "stock in trade" of forest managers. Knowledge of tree species, stand age, growth characteristics, site quality, soil and terrain classes, logging costs and products markets have all been essential for profitable forest management for many decades. What ha...
Growth of the national cattle herd is contributing to rapid and inappropriate deforestation in Honduras. Field research was conducted in the Department of Olancho to better understand this problem and to assess the possibilities for local interest in forest protection. A recent upsurge in the pro...
Sunderlin, William D.
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[Deforestation, livelihoods, and the preconditions for sustainable management in Olancho, Honduras]
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Deforestation, livelihoods, and the preconditions for sustainable management in Olancho, Honduras