The authors introduce the special issue on accommodating multiple interests in forest management and provide an overview of the seven papers in the issue. The papers document and analyze existing approaches and from them identify principles related to pluralism and good governance. Three themes e...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Edmunds, D.
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Anderson, J.
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[Editorial: accommodating multiple interests in local forest management]
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Editorial: accommodating multiple interests in local forest management
Community forestry has a long history in the Philippines. It began as early as in the 1970s, when the government started a people-oriented forestry initiative in the country. Three decades of experience have led to the creation of a flagship programme called Community-Based Forest Management (CBF...
Hartanto, H.
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[Facilitating collaboration and partnerships: lessons from adaptive collaborative management in the Philippines]
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Facilitating collaboration and partnerships: lessons from adaptive collaborative management in the Philippines
Criteria and indicators (C&I) for sustainable forest management are important tools to improve the quality of forest management. In most cases they have been developed by experts, but the participation of stakeholders is essential if the C&I are to be locally relevant and practicable. We asked fo...
Pokorny, B.
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Prabhu, R.
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McDougall, C.
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Bauch, R.
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[Local stakeholders' participation in developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management]
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Local stakeholders' participation in developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management
In the quest for global standards, “Criteria and Indicators” (C&I) are among the foremost mechanisms for defining and promoting sustainable tropical forest management. This paper examines some challenges posed by this approach, focusing on examples that reflect the ecological aspects of tropical ...
Sheil, Douglas
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Nasi, Robert
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Johnson, B.
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[Ecological criteria and indicators for tropical forest landscapes: challenges in the search for progress]
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Ecological criteria and indicators for tropical forest landscapes: challenges in the search for progress
This paper examines Cameroon’s model of forest-management decentralisation by characterising its organisational infrastructure and by assessing – and anticipating – the ecological effects of those policy changes. The essay is based on nvironmental governance research conducted in Cameroon during ...
Oyono, P.R.
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[The social and organisational roots of ecological uncertainties in Cameroon’s forest management decentralisation model]
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The social and organisational roots of ecological uncertainties in Cameroon’s forest management decentralisation model
This paper presents a case study of decentralized forest management in lowland Bolivia. Bolivia has undertaken important policy reforms since the mid-1990s aimed at institutionalizing popular participation and promoting democratic decentralization. In the forestry sector, municipal governments ha...
Pacheco, P.
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[What lies behind decentralisation?: forest, powers and actors in lowland Bolivia]
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What lies behind decentralisation?: forest, powers and actors in lowland Bolivia
Criteria and indicators to assess sustainability have been desingned to promote the implementation of sustainable forest management. However, very few forest managers are currently using this tool. To transform C&I into practicable tool for monitoring and auditing forest management, an intensive ...
Pokorny, B.
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Sabogal, C.
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Silva, J.N.M.
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Lima, J.
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Bernardo, P.
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[Criterios e indicadores para el monitoreo de operaciones forestales un caso en Brasil]
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Criterios e indicadores para el monitoreo de operaciones forestales un caso en Brasil
Management in the production forest concessions of the Congo Basin is based on rotation principles, with the concessionary industry involved at every stage in the drafting and implementation of the felling permit granted. In this process, forest organization by area, based on management inventory...
Fargeot, C.
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Forni, E.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Reflexion sur l'amenagement des forets de production dans le basin du Congo]
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Reflexion sur l'amenagement des forets de production dans le basin du Congo
Campos, J.J.
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Castañeda, F.
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Kleine, M.
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Louman, Bastian
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Pokorny, B.
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Sabogal, C.
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[Fortalecimiento de las capacidades de cientficos forestales latinoamericanos en criterios e indicadores, auditoria del manejo forestal sostenible y certification forestales: resultados del taller]
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Fortalecimiento de las capacidades de cientficos forestales latinoamericanos en criterios e indicadores, auditoria del manejo forestal sostenible y certification forestales: resultados del taller