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This paper investigates the importance of income generated from marketing selected NWFP in Central Africa., focuses on local markets in Cameroon and at the borders with the Central African Republic (CAR), equatorial Guinea and Gabon. The species considered are Irvingia spp. (bush mango nut), Cola...


Ndoye, O.Ruiz Perez, M.Eyebe, A.[Non-timber forest products markets and potential degradation of the forest resource in Central Africa: the role of research in providing a balance between welfare improvement and forest conservation]Non-timber forest products markets and potential degradation of the forest resource in Central Africa: the role of research in providing a balance between welfare improvement and forest conservation

This chapter examines the results from two pebble sorting methods designed to help assess important elements of human well-being, relating to access to resources and benefits from the forest (both intra and intergenerationally). The two methods were conducted in forest rich and forest poor sites ...


Porro R.Tiani, A.M.Tchikangwa, B.Sardjono, M.A.Salim, A.Colfer, C.J.P.Brocklesby, M.A.[Access to resources in forest-rich and forest-poor contexts]Access to resources in forest-rich and forest-poor contexts

This chapter makes use of data from research conducted in 1996 in and around Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Its initial purpose was to contribute to the development of principles, criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management. The particular topic inves...


Colfer, C.J.P.Wadley, R.L.Harwell, E.Prabhu, R.[Assessing intergenerational access to resources: using criteria and indicators in West Kalimantan, Indonesia]Assessing intergenerational access to resources: using criteria and indicators in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

After introducing Gabon’s lush forests and its people, this chapter discusses indigenous knowledge and conservation-related beliefs among related peoples in Central Africa. The authors then describe the location, the timber company and the population where a test of criteria and indicators was co...


Gami, N.Nasi, Robert[Sustainability and security of intergenerational access to resources: participatory mapping studies in Ghana]Sustainability and security of intergenerational access to resources: participatory mapping studies in Ghana

Indonesia’s new basic forestry law makes some promising steps towards devolving control over forests to customary communities. This chapter analyzes the law’s provisions for new institutional arrangements, “customary communities” and co-operatives. The analysis shows how the extent of centralized...


Wollenberg, Eva K.Kartodihardjo, H.[Devolution and Indonesia's new forestry law]Devolution and Indonesia's new forestry law

For more than thirty years beginning in the early 70’s, the forests of Indonesia were administered and managed centrally; mirroring the centralistic characteristics of the way the Indonesian government had functioned during the same period. The first day of year 2001, however, marked a momentous ...


Dermawan, A.Resosudarmo, I.A.P.[Forest and regional autonomy: the challenge of sharing the profits and pains]Forest and regional autonomy: the challenge of sharing the profits and pains
Autor: Levang, P.

Considering the role and importance of the forest to local people, what first strikes any visitor to the Bulungan research forest is the strong contradiction between talk and action. On one hand side the contribution of the forest to local people's livelihoods is widely acknowledged, on the other...


Levang, P.[People's dependencies on forests]People's dependencies on forests

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. We repor...


Anau, N.Iwan, R.Heist, M. vanLimberg, G.Sudana, I.M.Wollenberg, Eva K.[Negotiating more than boundaries: conflict, power, and agreement building in the demarcation of village borders in Malinau]Negotiating more than boundaries: conflict, power, and agreement building in the demarcation of village borders in Malinau
Autor: Pacheco, P.

This chapter analyses the model of decentralization of forest management in Bolivia, and assess its main outcomes. Though significant functions were delegated to municipalities regarding forest resources such as control of forest crime, monitoring of forest management, delimitation and allocation...


Pacheco, P.[Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia]Municipalities and local participation in forest management in Bolivia

Estimates of forest values may enable us to inform policy makers, donor agencies, and local decision makers who are attempting to plan and implement interventions that improve livelihoods. However, it needs to link these values with patterns of behaviour; and link the patterns of behaviour with c...


Luckert, M.K.Campbell, Bruce M.[Expandiendo nuestro conocimiento conceptual y metodologico sobre el rol de arboles y bosques en la subsistencia rural]Expandiendo nuestro conocimiento conceptual y metodologico sobre el rol de arboles y bosques en la subsistencia rural

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