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Autor: Snook, L.K.

To determine the regeneration dynamics and growth rate of mahogany in the natural tropical forests of Quintana Roo, oral histories were used to find essentially even-aged stands that had become established naturally between 2 and 75 years ago, after a hurricane, forest fires, or mechanical distru...


Snook, L.K.[Regeneracion y crecimiento de la caoba (Swietenia macrophylla King) en selvas de Quintana Roo]Regeneracion y crecimiento de la caoba (Swietenia macrophylla King) en selvas de Quintana Roo

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.Nkem, J.Idinoba, M.Kanninen, M.[Matching national forest policies and management practices for climate change adaptation in Burkina Faso and Ghana]Matching national forest policies and management practices for climate change adaptation in Burkina Faso and Ghana

This chapter reviews the literature on natural resource decentralization with an emphasis on forests in developing countries. This literature can be located at the intersection between discussions of good governance and democracy, development, and poverty alleviation, on the one hand, and common ...


Larson, A.M.Soto, F.[Decentralization of natural resource governance regimes]Decentralization of natural resource governance regimes

This paper considers the mechanism of certification to encourage sustainable harvesting and best management practices of Iriartea deltoidea Ruiz and Pavon, in the context of current land use and agricultural management in Amazonian Ecuador. To understand the demographic variables that are critica...


Anderson, P.J.Putz, F.E.[Harvesting and conservation: are both possible for the palm, Iriartea deltoidea?]Harvesting and conservation: are both possible for the palm, Iriartea deltoidea?

The last decade has seen profound overhauls of governance in many tropical countries. Countries have adopted new economic policies, very much influenced by free-market thinking, and a reduced regulatory role of the state and its subsidiaries. This coincided with widespread decentralization of gov...


Jong, W. deBecker, M.Ruiz, S.Gottwald, C.[The impact of decentralised forest governance: a case study from Bolivia]The impact of decentralised forest governance: a case study from Bolivia
Autor: Snook, L.K.

Mahogany has become the flagship species in debates about the feasibility of sustainable forest management in the tropics. Communities that own and control approximately 500,000 ha of permanent forest estate in Quintana Roo, Mexico, and an NGO that manages over 100,000 ha in neighboring Belize, h...


Snook, L.K.[Partnerships and sustainable forest management: towards sustaining mahogany (Swietenia Macrophylla) in the Maya forest of Mexico and Belize]Partnerships and sustainable forest management: towards sustaining mahogany (Swietenia Macrophylla) in the Maya forest of Mexico and Belize

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.Kusumanto, Y.[Learning in adaptive collaborative management of community forests: lessons from Indonesia]Learning in adaptive collaborative management of community forests: lessons from Indonesia
Autor: Larson, A.M.

The particular characteristics of natural resources make the decentralisation of their management to elected local governments even more complex than the decentralisation of services and infrastructure. Nevertheless, natural resources are equally importnat to rural development concerns in the Thi...


Larson, A.M.[Decentralisation and forest management in Latin America: towards a working model]Decentralisation and forest management in Latin America: towards a working model
Autor: Purnomo, H.

System dynamic is an effort to understand complexity of social and eco-systems of forest. Through this system, a conscious learning on interactions between people and forest will take place in order to manage forest in more sustainable and equitable manners. A system dynamic modeling was carried ...


Purnomo, H.[Model dinamika sistem untuk pengembangan alternatif kebijakan pengelolaan hutan yang adil dan lestari]Model dinamika sistem untuk pengembangan alternatif kebijakan pengelolaan hutan yang adil dan lestari

South Africa, influenced by global trends towards good governance and sustainable natural resource management, has begun to adopt a participatory management approach to state-owned indigenous forests. This study, in a remote communal area and State Forest in the Eastern Cape, sought to understand...


Grundy, I.M.Campbell, Bruce M.White, R.M.Prabhu, R.Jensen, S.Ngamile, T.N.[Participatory forest management in conservation areas: the case of Cwebe, South Africa]Participatory forest management in conservation areas: the case of Cwebe, South Africa

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