Indonesia has extensive areas of post extraction secondary forests and degraded lands arising from intensive exploitation of forest resources in recent decades. Using the area of forests resulting from selective logging practices as an estimate, in year 2000, post extraction secondary forests cov...
Kartawinata, K.
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Riswan, S.
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Gintings, A.N.
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Puspitojati, T.
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[An overview of post-extraction secondary forests in Indonesia]
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An overview of post-extraction secondary forests in Indonesia
Many countries in eastern and southern Africa have lost significant natural forest resources. Initially the pace was gradual, but it has accelerated very much in the recent past. Some of the efforts made to contain the situation include revising past policies to improve forestry development and c...
Kowero, G.S.
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Kaoneka, A.S.
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Nhantumbo, I.
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Gondo, P.
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Jumbe, C.B.L.
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[Forest policies in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe]
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Forest policies in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
This article points to the importance of systems and praxis-oriented approach in understanding the problem of illegal logging in Indonesia. In recent years, there has been a tendency on the part of industry analysts and forestry sector observes to view the seemingly irremediable spread of illegal...
Obidzinski, K.
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Suramenggala, I.
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Levang, P.
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[L'exploitation forestiere illegale en Indonesie: un inquietant processus de legalisation]
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L'exploitation forestiere illegale en Indonesie: un inquietant processus de legalisation
This policy brief analyses forest policies in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali and their implication for adaptation and conflicts under climate change. It presents results of studies undertaken by Tropical Forest and Climate Change Adaptation (TroFCCA). The policy brief tracks the flow of specific fo...
Kalame, F.B.
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Idinoba, M.
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Brockhaus, M.
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Nkem, J.
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[Forest policies and forest resource flow in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali: conflicting or consistent for adaptation to climate change?]
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Forest policies and forest resource flow in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali: conflicting or consistent for adaptation to climate change?
Many studies have suggested various kinds of forest policies, management planning and practices to help forests adapt to climate change. These recommendations are often generic, based mostly on case studies from temperate countries and rarely from Africa. We argue that policy and management recom...
Kalame, F.B.
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Nkem, J.
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Idinoba, M.
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Kanninen, M.
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[Matching national forest policies and management practices for climate change adaptation in Burkina Faso and Ghana]
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Matching national forest policies and management practices for climate change adaptation in Burkina Faso and Ghana
Fires are considered a potential threat to sustainable development for their direct impacts on ecosystems, their contribution to carbon emissions, and impacts on biodiversity. In 1997/98, Indonesia had the most severe fires worldwide, and smoke haze pollution recurs yearly. The fire-related polic...
Tacconi, L.
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[Kebakaran hutan di Indonesia: penyebab, biaya dan implikasi kebijakan]
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Kebakaran hutan di Indonesia: penyebab, biaya dan implikasi kebijakan
This chapter examines China’s experiment on devolution policies for local forest management. These policies included the transfer of forest management from collectives to households, the involvement of villagers in the management of state forests, and the shift of some decision-making authority i...
Liu Dachang
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Edmunds, D.
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[The promises and limitations of devolution and local forest management in China]
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The promises and limitations of devolution and local forest management in China
This chapter explains the purpose and methods of the book Local Forest Management. The book uses 12-20 case studies in each China, Philippines and India to understand the impacts of community-based forest management policies of the last two decades. We define impacts in terms of the changes in ec...
‘Does research in collaboration with partners has any impact on shaping global forest policy?’ is a question being asked more frequently. Often, the challenges faced by most academic research institutions while working with partners and trying to measure impacts are in terms of: a. Interpreting i...
Bose, P.
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[Influencing the international forest policy: the role of collaborative research]
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Influencing the international forest policy: the role of collaborative research
This paper describes CIFOR’s experiences in implementing ACM research in two sites in Indonesia; East Kalimantan and Jambi. The focus of this paper is on how joint (or social) learning is designed, implemented and institutionalized in every stage of the research. The methodology of the research w...
Yasmi, Y.
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Kusumanto, Y.
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[Learning in adaptive collaborative management of community forests: lessons from Indonesia]
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Learning in adaptive collaborative management of community forests: lessons from Indonesia