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Participatory approaches to forest management have gained wide acceptance and have also become the primary guiding principle in the management of natural resources worldwide. Despite their widespread popularity, participatory methods developed so far have often been criticized as lacking in rigor...


Mendoza, G.A.Prabhu, R.[Combining participatory modeling and multi-criteria analysis for community-based forest management]Combining participatory modeling and multi-criteria analysis for community-based forest management

The Ottotomo Forest Reserve in the Central Province of Cameroon is one of the protected areas in the country where several management strategies have been tested with varying degrees of success (e.g., the Tropical Shelterwood System (TSS) silvicultural technique was piloted in this forest more th...


Jum, C.N.Oyono, P.R.[Building collaboration through action research: the case of Ottotomo Forest Reserve in Cameroon]Building collaboration through action research: the case of Ottotomo Forest Reserve in Cameroon

There is a range of forest management systems between pure extraction and plantation systems. Such ‘‘intermediate systems’’ range from wild forests modified for increased production of selected products to anthropogenic forests with a high-density of valuable species growing within a relatively d...


Belcher, B.Michon, G.Angelsen, A.Ruiz Perez, M.Asbjornsen, H.[The socioeconomic conditions determining the development, persistence, and decline of forest garden systems]The socioeconomic conditions determining the development, persistence, and decline of forest garden systems
Autor: Oyono, P.R.

One of the major innovations in Cameroon’s forest industry is the devolution of management authority to local communities. These communities have viewed this shift as a response to their age-old demands — and frustrations — regarding profits from commercial harvesting of forests on their land bas...


Oyono, P.R.[Acteurs locaux, representation et politics des eco-pouvoirs dans le Cameroun rural post-1994]Acteurs locaux, representation et politics des eco-pouvoirs dans le Cameroun rural post-1994

Gorontalo’s tropical forest is of global importance and is the last stronghold for conserving Sulawesi’s unique biodiversity. However, implementation of biodiversity conservation at the local level has been fraught with very complex, rooted in increased pressures on natural resources and its ecol...


Kartikasari, S.N.Rixecker, S.Espiner, S.R.Colfer, C.J.P.[Seeing the forest as more than its trees: local stakeholders’ perceptions of natural forest benefits in Gorontalo, Indonesia]Seeing the forest as more than its trees: local stakeholders’ perceptions of natural forest benefits in Gorontalo, Indonesia

There is a growing recognition that climate change is an important issue that impact adversely people livelihood and sustainable development Mitigating climate change through afforestation, reforestation and reducing emissions from deforestation and forests degradation (REDD) can become key comp...


Sonwa, D.J.Tchienkoua, M.[Forest ecological research in the perspective of mitigating climate change in tropical ecosystem: case study of Cameroon (Central Africa)]Forest ecological research in the perspective of mitigating climate change in tropical ecosystem: case study of Cameroon (Central Africa)

Discussions on climate change and potential mechanisms to support conservation efforts have fixed the attention on incentives to conserve and protect forests. However, incentives alone will not do the job for forest conservation; what might? We use the case of Kutai National Park to examine the p...


Limberg, G.Moeliono, M.Indriatmoko, Y.Iwan, R.Utomo, N.A.Purwanto, E.Mulyana, A.[Incentives to conserve or convert? Can conservation compete with coal in Kutai National Park, Indonesia?]Incentives to conserve or convert? Can conservation compete with coal in Kutai National Park, Indonesia?

This paper assesses the influence of forest policies on forestry development, and especially timber production, in Bolivia during three different periods of time. The first period began in the early 1970s when a conservative forest policy was adopted privileging commercial logging companies, and ...


Pacheco, P.Jong, W. deJohnson, J.[The evolution of the timber sector in lowland Bolivia: examining the influence of three disparate policy approaches]The evolution of the timber sector in lowland Bolivia: examining the influence of three disparate policy approaches

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