One of the challenges the communities face when managing forests is the lack of a systematic and transparent monitoring system that can be used to monitor their resource management strategies and to communicate their successes to outsiders. This paper argues that monitoring efforts will be sustai...
Hartanto, H.
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Lorenzo, M.C.B.
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Frio, A.L.
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[Collective action and learning in developing a local monitoring system]
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Collective action and learning in developing a local monitoring system
Forest governance is now recognized as a critical factor for effective resource management and enhancing livelihood outcomes. This paper recognizes the need for having learning element in the governing process, for which there has to be a continuous monitoring process in place. Based on recent st...
Ojha, H.
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Pokharel, B.
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McDougall, C.
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Paudel, K.
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[Learning to govern: how to improve monitoring system in community forestry in Nepal?]
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Learning to govern: how to improve monitoring system in community forestry in Nepal?
The general reluctance of policy makers to include forests in discussions about global warming has changed with the development of measures to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). Mesoamerica presents a logical starting point to promote REDD due to the extent of its forest,...
Kaimowitz, D.
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[The prospects for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Mesoamerica]
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The prospects for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Mesoamerica
The Setulang community in Malinau, Indonesia has resisted offers of substantial sums of money from timber companies to gain access to their lands. Instead they have sought to conserve their forest because of the many services it provides them. This article, written by a member of the Setulang com...
Iwan, R.
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[Setulang village protects its river: Ramses Iwan on behalf of the Setulang community]
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Setulang village protects its river: Ramses Iwan on behalf of the Setulang community
The author highlights conceptual, substantive and methodological aspects of participatory action research (PAR) into adaptive collaborative management (ACM) of community forest in some selected FUGs in the Hills of Nepal. Three main concepts of ACM identified as the core of research include: coll...
McDougall, C.
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[Learning to learn: research into adaptive and collaborative management of community forests]
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Learning to learn: research into adaptive and collaborative management of community forests
This paper describes the experience of CIFOR research team in facilitating local communities to manage their natural resources in Malinau District, East Kalimantan, Indonesia during the Otonomi Daerah reform period (1998-present). The case examines how the CIFOR team used informal, shared learnin...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Iwan, R.
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Limberg, G.
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Moeliono, M.
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Rhee, S.
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Sudana, M.
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[Muddling towards cooperation: a CIFOR case study of shared learning in Malinau district, Indonesia]
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Muddling towards cooperation: a CIFOR case study of shared learning in Malinau district, Indonesia
Community forests and protected areas have each been proposed as strategies to stop deforestation. These management strategies should be regarded as hypotheses to be evaluated for their effectiveness in particular places. We evaluated the community-forestry hypothesis and the protected-area hypot...
Bray, D.B.
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Durán, E.
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Ramos, V.H.
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Mas, J.F.
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Velásquez, A.
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McNab, R.B.
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Barry, D.M.
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Radachowsky, J.
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[Tropical Deforestation, Community Forests, and Protected Areas in the Maya Forest]
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Tropical Deforestation, Community Forests, and Protected Areas in the Maya Forest
That forest people intimately depend on forests for their livelihoods is widely accepted and, so it is predicted, the rapid pace of deforestation in the humid tropics will soon lead them into utter destitution or, worse, drive them into cities. Socio-economic studies recently carried out among Pu...
Rajasthan presents evidence for the existence of one of the most advanced examples of ancient mining and accompanied deforestation to be found anywhere in the world. Mining continues to be an important economic activity contributing to 2% of the State Domestic Product and providing at least a 1.7...
Pandey, D.N.
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Chaubey, A.C.
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Gupta, A.K.
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Vardhan, H.
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[Mine spoil restoration: a strategy combining rainwater harvesting and adaptation to random recurrence of droughts in Rajasthan]
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Mine spoil restoration: a strategy combining rainwater harvesting and adaptation to random recurrence of droughts in Rajasthan
Assembe-Mvondo, S.
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[Forestry income management and poverty reduction: empirical findings from Kongo, Cameroon]
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Forestry income management and poverty reduction: empirical findings from Kongo, Cameroon