The main aim of this paper is to present some thoughts about natural forest management, management plans, information needs in management planning, and how to overcome some of the technical deficiencies existing. Emphasis is placed on management of hardwood neo-tropical natural forest exploitatio...
Sabogal, C.
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[Planes de manejo forestal y necesidades de informacion para el manejo operacional]
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Planes de manejo forestal y necesidades de informacion para el manejo operacional
Current trends to improve the adaptiveness of community forest management focus on monitoring past actions and emphasize internal dynamics. We show how scenario methods can be used to 1) enable managers to better understand landscape and larger scale forces for change and to work with stakeholder...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Edmunds, D.
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Buck, L.
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[Anticipating change: scenarios as a tool for increasing adaptivity in multistakeholder setting]
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Anticipating change: scenarios as a tool for increasing adaptivity in multistakeholder setting
This chapter synthesizes results from case studies of the effects of devolution policies on the management of forests in three Asian countries, China, India and the Philippines. It also seeks to explain the disappointing impacts of forest devolution policies in terms of the divergent interests an...
Edmunds, D.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Whose devolution is it anyway? divergent constructs, interests and capacities between the poorest forest users and states]
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Whose devolution is it anyway? divergent constructs, interests and capacities between the poorest forest users and states
Diaw, M.C.
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[Introduction: Theory and practice of adaptive collaborative management]
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Introduction: Theory and practice of adaptive collaborative management
Kumar, M. Dinesh
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Dhungel, D.N.
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Mirza, M. M. Q.
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Suhardiman, Diana
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[Institutions and policies governing water resources management in the Ganges River Basin]
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Institutions and policies governing water resources management in the Ganges River Basin
Extreme weather is causing significant problems for smallholder farmers and others who depend on agricultural value chains in developing countries. Although value-chain analysis can help untangle the complex relationships within agricultural systems, it often has failed to take into account the e...
Farmers continue to grow traditional crop varieties, along with now-creolized varieties released decades ago. The absence of modern varieties is due to the failure of conventional plant breeding to meet production/cultural needs, difficult access to new varieties, and inadequate safety-nets for t...
Sthapit, B.
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Gauchan, D.
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Sthapit, S.
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Hari Ghimire, K.
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Joshi, B.K.
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De Santis, P.
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Jarvis, Devra I.
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[Sourcing and deploying new crop varieties in mountain production systems]
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Sourcing and deploying new crop varieties in mountain production systems
Important benefits are derived from forests. Decisions regarding production of forest benefits generally are made locally, or at most nationally (by national governments). Yet, many of the benefits are global and lie outside the context of local or national decisions. They are what economists cal...
Gregersen, Hans
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Lundren, A.
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Kengen, S.
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Byron, R.N.
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[Measuring and capturing forest values issues for the decision-maker]
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Measuring and capturing forest values issues for the decision-maker
This paper describes how to sets of factors-the economic characteristics of the benefits of research, and the policy network of diverse actors and their interests-determine not only the priorities for (interdisciplinary) forest research themes but also the choice of mechanisms for the decision-ma...
Glück, P.
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Byron, R.N.
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[Mechanism to identify, define and prioritize interdisciplinary forest research themes at national, regional and global levels]
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Mechanism to identify, define and prioritize interdisciplinary forest research themes at national, regional and global levels