The focus of this thesis is to assess the importance and potential of forest products for the sustainable development of tropical rural areas and, specifically, the role of forest product commercialisation for rural households. By using the example of woodcraft sector the book reveals aspects whi...
Braedt, O.
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[Forest products and rural households: woodcraft commercialisation in Southern Zimbabwe]
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Forest products and rural households: woodcraft commercialisation in Southern Zimbabwe
Sanders, J.H.
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Álvarez Payan, C.
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[Evolucion de la produccion de frijol en America Latina durante la ultima decada]
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Evolucion de la produccion de frijol en America Latina durante la ultima decada
This publication is intended to serve researchers and teachers as well as development practitioners. It was prepared based on requests from CIFOR’s national partners in Ethiopia and the region to compile existing information and help address the lack of documents available for teaching graduate a...
Lemenih, Mulugeta
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Kassa, H.
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[Opportunities and challenges for sustainable production and marketing of gums and resins in Ethiopia]
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Opportunities and challenges for sustainable production and marketing of gums and resins in Ethiopia
Strobosch, P
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[A socio-economic study of cassava and cassava starch production in an Andean village in Colombia]
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A socio-economic study of cassava and cassava starch production in an Andean village in Colombia
Twenty million people live in or near Indonesia' s natural forests. The country's humid tropical forests are primarily in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Irian Jaya. A devastating regional economic crisis that began in mid-1997 affected Indonesia more strongly than any other country in Asia. A...
Sunderlin, William D.
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Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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Rianto, E.
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Angelsen, A.
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[The effect of Indonesia's economic crisis on small farmers and natural forest cover in the outer islands]
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The effect of Indonesia's economic crisis on small farmers and natural forest cover in the outer islands
Twenty million people live in or near Indonesia' s natural forests. The country's humid tropical forests are primarily in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Irian Jaya. A devastating regional economic crisis that began in mid-1997 affected Indonesia more strongly than any other country in Asia. A...
Sunderlin, William D.
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Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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Rianto, E.
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Angelsen, A.
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[Dampak krisis ekonomi Indonesia terhadap petani kecil dan tutupan hutan alam di luar Jawa]
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Dampak krisis ekonomi Indonesia terhadap petani kecil dan tutupan hutan alam di luar Jawa
This book critically investigates the proposition that commercialisation of forest products contribute to both enhancing people's income and to conservation of tropical forests, using evidence from a case study from West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It draws the main conclusion that promoting commercia...
Jong, W. de
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[Forest products and local forest management in West Kalimantan, Indonesia: implications for conservation and development]
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Forest products and local forest management in West Kalimantan, Indonesia: implications for conservation and development
Data from damar agroforest and hill dipterocarp forest sites suggest that income alone is inadequate for explaining why people conserve a non-timber forest product. The explanatory value of several cash income-based indicators was tested and the results showed that these indicators provide only a...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Nawir, A.A.
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Uluk, A.
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Pramono, H.
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[Income is not enough: the effect of economic incentives on forest product conservation: a comparison of forest communities dependent on the agroforests of Krui, Sumatra and natural dipterocarp forests of Kayan Mentarang, East Kalimantan]
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Income is not enough: the effect of economic incentives on forest product conservation: a comparison of forest communities dependent on the agroforests of Krui, Sumatra and natural dipterocarp forests of Kayan Mentarang, East Kalimantan