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This paper describe the use of multiple criteria decision tools for assessing criteria and indicators designed to evaluate sustainable forest management. Three techniques called ranking, rating, and pairwise comparisons are described and used within the framework of a generic set of criteria and ...


Mendoza, G.A.Prabhu, R.[Multiple criteria decision making approaches to assessing forest sustainability using criteria and indicators: a case study]Multiple criteria decision making approaches to assessing forest sustainability using criteria and indicators: a case study

CIFOR facilitated 27 communities in the Upper Malinau watershed to develop agreements about their village boundaries and map them through participatory methods. Decentralization reforms created new values of forest resources and uncertainties that increased conflict over local resources. The auth...


Wollenberg, Eva K.Anau, N.Iwan, R.Heist, M. vanLimberg, G.Sudana, M.[Building agreements among stakeholders]Building agreements among stakeholders

Bolivia implemented an extensive reform of their forestry sector during the 1990s. Starting five years later, we evaluated the degree of adoption of sustainable forest management practices (SFM) by timber concessionaires in Bolivia and investigated the factors influencing their adoption. Data wer...


Boscolo, M.Snook, L.K.Quevedo, L.[Adoption of sustainable forest management practices in Bolivian timber concessions: a quantitative assessment]Adoption of sustainable forest management practices in Bolivian timber concessions: a quantitative assessment

Management means allocating and distributing limited resources to achieve clearly defined targets. This definition helps towards a clear summary of the way ideas to do with forest management have been developing. Areas of concern have been gradually shifting form technical assignments (resource a...


Bertrand, A.Babin, D.Nasi, Robert[Evalution et diversite du concept d'amenagement forestier]Evalution et diversite du concept d'amenagement forestier

Examples are used to illustrate the different present-day forms of forest management, based first and foremost on decision-making procedures governing management choices rather than on technical criteria governing the choice and implementation of programmes. These examples range from the Gabonese...


Bertrand, A.Babin, D.Nasi, Robert[L'adaption de l'amengement forestier a des situations diverses]L'adaption de l'amengement forestier a des situations diverses

Among many other stakes, the economic stake derived from the exploitation of tropical forest resources is a burning issue. This is evidenced by insecurity in intergenerational access to forest resources and financial benefits relating to the latter, on the one hand, and by a deep iniquity at the...


Oyono, P.R.Kouna, C.Mala, W.A.[Benefits of forests in Cameroon: global structure, issues involving access and decision-making hiccoughs]Benefits of forests in Cameroon: global structure, issues involving access and decision-making hiccoughs

This paper describes an application of multiple criteria analysis (MCA) in assessing criteria and indicators adapted for a particular forest management unit. The methods include: ranking, rating, and pairwise comparisons. These methods were used in a participatory decision-making environment wher...


Mendoza, G.A.Prabhu, R.[Development of a methodology for selecting criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management: a case study on participatory assessment]Development of a methodology for selecting criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management: a case study on participatory assessment

This special issue contains an editorial and seven articles. They examine the emerging pluralism in the governance of forests. Forests are naturally suited to pluralistic decision-making because of the many products and services they provide. They often involve complex arrangements for accommodat...


Wollenberg, Eva K.Edmunds, D.Anderson, J.[Accommodating multiple interests in local forest management]Accommodating multiple interests in local forest management

This paper explores the challenge of defining the scope of a systems model, emphasising three aspects: boundary, granularity and conceptual scope. The significance of these is illustrated by reference to a model of land-use decisions made in villages bordering on the Mafungautsi forest in zimbabw...


Haggith, M.Prabhu, R.Mudavanhu, H.Matose, F.Mutimukuru, T.Nyirenda, R.Standa-Gunda, W.[The challenge of effective model scoping: a FLORES case study from the Mafungausti forest margins, Zimbabwe]The challenge of effective model scoping: a FLORES case study from the Mafungausti forest margins, Zimbabwe

People have tastes in landscapes. This paper provides examples of different groups’ with lanscape tastes. It discusses, for instance, the Javanese preference for symmetry vis-à-vis the dayak’s appreciation of wildness, the ecologists’ enjoyment of natural chaos compared to the plantation speciali...


Colfer, C.J.P.[Tastes in landscapes]Tastes in landscapes

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