This booklet is designed to help people interested in working with small groups (usually communities or groups within communities) to reach their goals. It has been written, building first on the global literature on community based management of forests and other natural resources; secondly, on ...
Between March 1997 and February 1998 three tests of Criteria and Indicators (C&I) for assessing the sustainability of community-managed forests were conducted by the Center for International Forestry Research. The tests, each lasting approximately one month, were sited in humid forest in Central ...
Burford de Oliveira, N.
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[Community participation in developing and applying criteria and indicators of sustainable and equitable forest management]
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Community participation in developing and applying criteria and indicators of sustainable and equitable forest management
This paper evaluates Bolivian's recent experience of giving municipal government a role in forest management. It first provides background information on Bolivia's decentralisation policies, including the 1994 Popular Participatiion Law and the 1996 forestry law. It then presents case studies of ...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Pacheco, P.
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Johnson, J.
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Pavez, I.
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Vallejo, C.
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Velez, R.
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[Local governments and forests in the Bolivian lowlands]
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Local governments and forests in the Bolivian lowlands
Cameroon's 1994 Forestry law launched a new approach to natural resource management. The 1996 Constitution introduced decentralized authorities, whose role is to enable the economic, social and cultural development of its peoples. The new legal framework for environmental policy and overhaul of t...
Etoungou, P.
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[Decentralization viewed from inside: the implementation of community forests in East Cameroon]
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Decentralization viewed from inside: the implementation of community forests in East Cameroon
The 'major importance of minor forest products' has been increasingly recognised as information about the utilisation, trade and management of NWFPs has grown. This study provides an overview of the significance of NWFPs in the Asia-Pacific region, current and likely future trends of product avai...
Mittelman, A.J.
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Lai,C.K.
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Byron, R.N.
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Michon, G.
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Katz E.
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[Non wood forest product outlook study for Asia and the Pacific: towards 2010]
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Non wood forest product outlook study for Asia and the Pacific: towards 2010
This paper traces the growing interest in the development of Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest since the declaration of the 'Forest Principles' at the Rio Conference 1992. Several processes are underway in the different regions of the world to define sets of criteria and indicators t...
Prabhu, R.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Shepherd, G.
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[Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: new findings from CIFOR's forest management unit level research]
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Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: new findings from CIFOR's forest management unit level research
Cunningham, A.B.
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German, L.
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Paumgarten, F.
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Chikakula, M.
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Barr, C.
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Obidzinski, K.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Koning, R.G. de
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Koning, R.G. de
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Purnomo, H.
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Yatich, Thomas
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Svensson, L.
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Gaafar, A.
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Puntodewo, A.
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[Sustainable trade and management of forest products and services in the COMESA region: an issue paper]
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Sustainable trade and management of forest products and services in the COMESA region: an issue paper
The paper contains proposals for genetic criteria and indicators wich can form part of a more general set of, economic, environmental and social criteria and indicators for the monitoring of forest sustainability at the scale of forest management units. It proposes one criterion for conservation ...
Namkoong, G.
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Boyle, T.J.B.
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El-Kassaby, Y.A.
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Palmberg-Lerche, C.
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Eriksson, G.
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Gregorius, H.R.
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Joly, H.
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Kremer, A.
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Savolainen, O.
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Wickneswari, R.
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Young, A.
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Zeh-Nlo, M.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Criteria and indicators for sustainability forest management: assessment and monitoring of genetic variation]
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Criteria and indicators for sustainability forest management: assessment and monitoring of genetic variation
Sandrin, F.
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L'haridon, L.
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Vanegas, L.
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Ponta, N.
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Gómez, J.
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Cuéllar, J.R.
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Águila, E.L. del
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Nates, J.
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Vliet, N. van
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[Manejo comunitario de la cacería y de la fauna: Avances realizados por la asociación de cazadores airumaküchi en Puerto Nariño, Amazonas Colombia]
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Manejo comunitario de la cacería y de la fauna: Avances realizados por la asociación de cazadores airumaküchi en Puerto Nariño, Amazonas Colombia
Kengoum Djiegni, F.
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[Adaptation policies and synergies with REDD+ in Democratic Republic of Congo: Context, challenges and perspectives]
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Adaptation policies and synergies with REDD+ in Democratic Republic of Congo: Context, challenges and perspectives