The success of multiple forest management systems is contingent on a variety of social, economic, biophysical, and institutional factors, including the integration of timber and non-timber forest product (NTFP) extraction and management. Selective logging for timber is increasingly taking place i...
Guariguata, M.R.
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Licona, J.C.
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Mostacedo, B.
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Cronkleton, P.
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[Damage to Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) during selective timber harvesting in Northern Bolivia]
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Damage to Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) during selective timber harvesting in Northern Bolivia
In the lower Tocantins region of Brazil, one Amazonian woman questioned why scientists publish principally for elite audiences. Her experience suggests that the impact may be enhanced by also sharing data with people who depend upon forest goods. Having defended her family homestead near the city...
Shanley, P.
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[Science for the poor: how one woman challenged researchers, ranchers, and loggers in Amazonia]
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Science for the poor: how one woman challenged researchers, ranchers, and loggers in Amazonia
To meet the challenges of poverty and environmental sustainability, a different kind of research will be needed. This research will need to embrace the complexity of these systems by redirecting the objectives of research toward enhancing adaptive capacity, by incorporating more participatory app...
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Research to integrate productivity enhancement, environmental protection, and human development]
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Research to integrate productivity enhancement, environmental protection, and human development
This paper applies a broad-brush perspective to forestry research, innovation and research capacity in developing countries and the impacts linked to it. The authors reflect upon successes and failures in the hope of improving the focus and relevance of future efforts and highlight emerging resea...
Spilsbury, M.J.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Forestry research, innovation and impact in developing countries - from economic efficiency to the broader public good]
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Forestry research, innovation and impact in developing countries - from economic efficiency to the broader public good
This paper dicusses the potential impacts of macroeconomic policies on forestry in Zimbabwe. Over the period 1980-2001, macroeconomic policies have swung from a centrally controlled economy to a liberalized economy. In general, Zimbabwe's experience suggests tha macroeconomic policies have had ne...
This paper examines the welfare impacts of improved groundnut varieties in eastern Zambia using data from a survey of over 600 households. We use the stratification-multilevel, matching-smoothing, and smoothing-differencing methods to analyse how treatment effects vary with the propensity to adop...
This paper analyses the link between gender differences and different activities along the cowpea value chain as well as food security and asset-based poverty using a recent cross-sectional data set of over 120 farm households in Eastern Zambia. We used the endogenous switching probit regression ...
Gondwe, T.N.P.
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Tegbaru, A.
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Alamu, E.O.
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Khonje, M.
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Manda, J.
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Gaya, H.
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[Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia]
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Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia
We suggest an ethno-biological approach to analyze the cultural and social drivers of hunting activities and assess sustainability in villages near Makokou, northeast Gabon, based on interviews with hunters, participatory mapping of hunting territories, and daily records of offtakes for 1 yr. Hun...
Vliet, N. van
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Nasi, Robert
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[Hunting for livelihood in North East Gabon: patterns, evolution and sustainability]
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Hunting for livelihood in North East Gabon: patterns, evolution and sustainability
Since the mid-1990s, Cameroon has launched a process of decentralization of the management of its forests. Among other innovations, this decentralization process has transferred powers over forests and financial benefits accruing from their exploitation to local communities. This article explores...
Oyono, P.R.
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[Profiling local-level outcomes of environmental decentralizations: the case of Cameroon’s forests in the Congo Basin]
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Profiling local-level outcomes of environmental decentralizations: the case of Cameroon’s forests in the Congo Basin
Indonesia has been the world’s largest producer and exporter of palm oil since 2008. This paper discussed the livelihood impacts of oil palm development in Indonesia, based on lessons learnt from Bungo district, in the province of Jambi. The various community-company partnerships that structure t...
Feintrenie, L.
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Chong, W.K.
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Levang, P.
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[Why do Farmers Prefer Oil Palm? Lessons Learnt from Bungo District, Indonesia]
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Why do Farmers Prefer Oil Palm? Lessons Learnt from Bungo District, Indonesia