The first chapter gives a brief description of a pastoral production system, as envisaged by the study team and outlines the multi-disciplinary approach of the study, its sampling design and the data collected. Chapters 2 & 3 describe Kenya's biophysical and socio-economic environments, within wh...
Bekure, S.
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Leeuw, P.N. de
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Grandin, B.E.
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Neate, Paul J.H.
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[Maasai herding: An analysis of the livestock production system of Maasai pastoralists in eastern Kajiado District, Kenya]
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Maasai herding: An analysis of the livestock production system of Maasai pastoralists in eastern Kajiado District, Kenya
The disturbance and destruction of the old-growth forests of the tropics continue to monopolize attention in international fora and the popular media, but a steadily growing land area is covered by secondary forest developing on sites which have been deforested and then abandoned by their owners....
Guariguata, M.R.
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Finegan, B.
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[Ecology and management of tropical secondary forest: science, people and policy: proceedings of a conference held at CATIE, Costa Rica, November 10-12, 1997]
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Ecology and management of tropical secondary forest: science, people and policy: proceedings of a conference held at CATIE, Costa Rica, November 10-12, 1997
Reviews procedures for obtaining reliable information on animal populations, other ecological features and land use generally from low-flying aircraft by direct observation or conventional photography, with reference to types of sampling unit, and the relative merits of unstratified systematic an...
Many people want to improve the governance of forest areas, yet what is considered good governance is not necessarily self-evident or agreed upon by everyone. This study demonstrates the diversity of views held by communities and government officials in Malinau, Indonesian Borneo about what they ...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Limberg, G.
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Iwan, R.
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Rahmawati, R.
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Moeliono, M.
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[Our forest, our decision: a survey of principles for local decision-making in Malinau]
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Our forest, our decision: a survey of principles for local decision-making in Malinau
This paper examines the conversion of Indonesia’s natural forests to timber and tree crop plantations, notably oil palm. The principal aims are to understand the impact of this process on natural forest and on forest-dwelling people, and to establish whether past and present policies governing th...
Kartodihardjo, H.
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Supriono, A.
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[Dampak pembangunan sektoral terhadap konversi dan degradasi hutan alam: kasus pembangunan HTI dan perkebunan di Indonesia]
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Dampak pembangunan sektoral terhadap konversi dan degradasi hutan alam: kasus pembangunan HTI dan perkebunan di Indonesia
This report is based on a case study looking at the change in decentralization laws from the highly decentralized system under 22/1999 to a moderate system under 32/2004. It specifically analyses the implications of such change for local-level forest decision making processes related to forestry,...
Ngakan, P.O.
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Achmad, A.
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Lahae, K.
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Komarudin, H.
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Tako, A.
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[Implikasi perubahan kebijakan otonomi daerah terhadap beberapa aspek di sektor kehutanan: studi kasus di kabupaten Luwu utara, Sulawesi selatan]
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Implikasi perubahan kebijakan otonomi daerah terhadap beberapa aspek di sektor kehutanan: studi kasus di kabupaten Luwu utara, Sulawesi selatan
This book presents an empirical analysis of the development processes and the economic of Brazilian Amazon deforestation using a large data set of ecological and economic variables. It presents summary statistics and analyse trends for a number of important variables as well as developing econome...
Andersen, L.E.
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Granger, C.W.J.
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Reis, E.J.
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Weinhold, D.
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Wunder, Sven
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[The dynamic of deforestation and economic growth in the Brazilian Amazon]
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The dynamic of deforestation and economic growth in the Brazilian Amazon
About 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions are from landuse, landuse change and forestry (LULUCF) and mostly are from deforestation in the tropics. In March 2001 the Centre for International Forestry Research facilitated an international workshop to identify a global agenda of high priority res...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Improving agricultural sustainability and livelihoods in the tropical American hillsides]
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Improving agricultural sustainability and livelihoods in the tropical American hillsides
Policy issues are central to natural resource management, but the consequences of well-intended policies are not always obvious, especially for land use in frontier areas. A model is proposed to predict the behaviour of individuals in forest communities near the forest frontier, and the resulting...
Vanclay, J.K.
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[FLORES: a model to evaluate land-use options at the forest frontier, proceedings of a Conference on Advances in Methodology and Software for Decision Support Systems, 5-7 September 1997, Laxenburg, Austria]
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FLORES: a model to evaluate land-use options at the forest frontier, proceedings of a Conference on Advances in Methodology and Software for Decision Support Systems, 5-7 September 1997, Laxenburg, Austria