The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol raised the hopes of many, that payment for carbon sequestration services would provide a significant incentive for sustainable management practices in industrial forestry in tropical countries. Data to assess how realistic these hopes ar...
Smith, J.
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Applegate, G.
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[Trading forest carbon to promote the adoption of reduced impact logging]
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Trading forest carbon to promote the adoption of reduced impact logging
Several Indonesian plywood industry companies involved in logging are beginning to adopt improved harvesting practices. A number of organizations and individuals have undertaken analyses of the costs and impacts of implementing selected reduced impact logging (RIL) components. These analyses incl...
Early forest valuation studies let many people to believe these methods would produce results that convinced policymakers of the economic value of forests. More recent studies suggest the only environmental service that forests provide with high economic value is carbon sequestration. Thus one is...
Kaimowitz, D.
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[The role of forests in addressing global problems: what economic valuation methods won't tell us]
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The role of forests in addressing global problems: what economic valuation methods won't tell us
Twenty four permanents sample plots (PSPs), of one ha each have been randomly set up to be a long term monitoring in the hill mixed dipterocarps forest in the Bulungan Research Forest, East Kalimantan. All trees (DBH=20cm) were measured and indentified. In this study area, reduced-impact logging ...
Priyadi, H.
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Kartawinata, K.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Sist, P.
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[Monitoring permanent sample plots (PSPs) after conventional and reduced-impact logging in the Bulungan research forest, East Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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Monitoring permanent sample plots (PSPs) after conventional and reduced-impact logging in the Bulungan research forest, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
CIFOR conducted a research on Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) in two Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) sites in the Philippines for 3 years. This paper describes how different ACM processes were applied at the site level to help the community and local stakeholders in managing thei...
Hartanto, H.
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Lorenzo, M.C.B.
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Valmores, C.
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Burton, L.
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Arda-Minas, L.
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[Adaptive collaborative management: a value-adding approach to CBFM in the Philippines]
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Adaptive collaborative management: a value-adding approach to CBFM in the Philippines
Studies were done in order to assess variation in fruit size and weight, nut size and weight and determinate relationships between these characteristics and price using 149 samples of Dacryodes edulis fruits from three markets at the peak of season in Cameroon. 50 samples per market in two market...
Atangana, A.R.
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Asaah, E.
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Tchoundjeu, Z.
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Awono, A.
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Schreckenberg, Kate
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Leakey, R.R.B.
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[Biophysical characterisation of Dacryodes edulis fruits from three markets in Cameroon]
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Biophysical characterisation of Dacryodes edulis fruits from three markets in Cameroon
This paper sheds light on the marketing of Dacryodes edulis in the humid forest zone of Cameroon. The results of the study show that the marketing margins are related to the type of fruits, its state (quality), the selling place and the market supply, which also depend on the production period. T...
Awono, A.
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Ndoye, O.
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Schreckenberg, Kate
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[La commercialisation de Dacryodes edulis dans la zone forestière humide du Cameroun]
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La commercialisation de Dacryodes edulis dans la zone forestière humide du Cameroun
Tropical peatland is an important terrestrial carbon pool and habitat of endemic species that requires sustainable management for the benefit of local livelihoods and global climate. The size of carbon stocks and accumulation are staggering but there is no clear and easy access to markets for tro...
Murdiyarso, Daniel
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Suryadiputra, I.N.
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Wahyunto
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[Tropical peatlands management and climate change: a case study in Sumatra, Indonesia]
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Tropical peatlands management and climate change: a case study in Sumatra, Indonesia
Chokkalingam, U.
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Suyanto, S.
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[Summary of workshop results: kebakaran di lahan rawa/gambut di Sumatera: masalah dan solusi: prosiding semiloka, Palembang, Sumatera Selatan, 10 - 11 Desember 2003]
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Summary of workshop results: kebakaran di lahan rawa/gambut di Sumatera: masalah dan solusi: prosiding semiloka, Palembang, Sumatera Selatan, 10 - 11 Desember 2003
Chokkalingam, U.
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Suyanto, S.
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[Ringkasan hasil semiloka: kebakaran di lahan rawa/gambut di Sumatera: masalah dan solusi: prosiding semiloka, Palembang, Sumatera Selatan, 10 - 11 Desember 2003]
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Ringkasan hasil semiloka: kebakaran di lahan rawa/gambut di Sumatera: masalah dan solusi: prosiding semiloka, Palembang, Sumatera Selatan, 10 - 11 Desember 2003