The Setulang community in Malinau, Indonesia has resisted offers of substantial sums of money from timber companies to gain access to their lands. Instead they have sought to conserve their forest because of the many services it provides them. This article, written by a member of the Setulang com...
Iwan, R.
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[Setulang village protects its river: Ramses Iwan on behalf of the Setulang community]
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Setulang village protects its river: Ramses Iwan on behalf of the Setulang community
Conservation concessions, as advocated by E.Niesten and R.Rice, suggest the paying revenues to populations and the State so that they may renounce income derived from forest exploitation. Apart from the questionable transformation of peasants as renters of conservation, serious questions arise as...
Karsenty, A.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Un commentaire sur l'article de E. Niesten et R. Rice les (concessions de conservation) sonnent-elles le glas de l'amenagement forestier durable?]
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Un commentaire sur l'article de E. Niesten et R. Rice les (concessions de conservation) sonnent-elles le glas de l'amenagement forestier durable?
This paper summarizes the main findings of “Communitarian forest management in Tropical America: Experiences, lessons and challenges for the future”, jointly produced by a group of researchers closely related to CFM in Latin America. Local peoples and communities in rural Latin America are the tr...
Pokorny B.
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Sabogal, C.
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Jong, W. de
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Stoian, D.
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Louman, B.
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Pacheco, P.
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Porro, N.M.
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[Experiencias y retos del manejo forestal comunitario en América Tropical]
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Experiencias y retos del manejo forestal comunitario en América Tropical
The concept of payments for ecosystem services (PES) is probably the most promising innovation in conservation since Rio 1992, slowly but certainly to expand in the tropics. In a global context of stagnating or even decreasing public funding for biodiversity conservation, PES have the potential b...
Wunder, Sven
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Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S.
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[Payments for ecosystem services: a new way of conserving biodiversity in forests]
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Payments for ecosystem services: a new way of conserving biodiversity in forests
Higher local temperature gradients near isolated mountains (inselbergs) result in continuous cloud cover at below normal elevations, creating the right conditions for the development of montane forests in New Caledonia at altitudes below 1600 m. These forests are especially important for biodiver...
Nasi, Robert
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Jaffre, T.
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Sarrailh, J.M.
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[Les forets de montagne de la Nouvelle-Caledonie: Montane forests in New Calidonia]
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Les forets de montagne de la Nouvelle-Caledonie: Montane forests in New Calidonia
Castro-Nuñez, Augusto
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Mertz, Ole
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Buritica Casanova, Alexander
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Sosa, Chrystian C.
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Lee, Stephanie T.
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[Land related grievances shape tropical forest-cover in areas affected by armed-conflict]
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Land related grievances shape tropical forest-cover in areas affected by armed-conflict
Significant changes in forest management methods — e.g., granting of concessions in state-owned forests, introduction of forest planning, low-impact logging methods — have occurred in the three major tropical forest regions since the 1980s when forest issues became topics of worldwide concern. Th...
Nasi, Robert
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Gueneau, S.
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[Les changements en foret tropicale: vers de nouvelles formes de gouvernance]
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Les changements en foret tropicale: vers de nouvelles formes de gouvernance
Decision makers require better understanding of local people’s needs in tropical forested landscapes to enable more locally relevant and sustainable conservation. The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) developed a series of survey methods that assess the perceptions and priorities...
Sassen, M.
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Jum, C.N.
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[Assessing local perspectives in a forested landscape of central Cameroon]
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Assessing local perspectives in a forested landscape of central Cameroon
This study examines the effect of forestry policy devolution and economic development in two Mosuo matrilineal communities where women play a large role in the utilization, management and conservation of forest resources. Two matrilineal villages in Ninglang, China are compared, the first in whic...
The Lua, according to their mythology, are the original inhabitants of Thailand. Today, however, hey are regarded as ethnic minorities who inhabit this region. A study of their myths and legends reveals the importance of spirit cults, matriclans, and women's role in the discovery, production, and...
Satyawadhana, C.
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[Appropriation of women's indigenous knowledge: the case of matrilineal Lua in northern Thailand]
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Appropriation of women's indigenous knowledge: the case of matrilineal Lua in northern Thailand