There is a tendency to blame all natural disasters on human abuse of the natural environment. This is no more evident than in the case of devastating floods and landslides that affect the personal and economic fortunes of millions of people every year. Each disaster is followed by a predictable r...
There is a tendency to blame all natural disasters on human abuse of the natural environment. This is no more evident than in the case of devastating floods and landslides that affect the personal and economic fortunes of millions of people every year. Each disaster is followed by a predictable r...
Sustainability in the context of development and forest management is a concept defined by human-beings. As human needs change across space and time, so will the expectations of what benefits and services of forests need to be sustained. Much of CIFOR's research focuses on providing a better unde...
Prabhu, R.
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Vanclay, J.K.
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[Pinning down a moving target: sustainability, people and forests]
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Pinning down a moving target: sustainability, people and forests
Cossalter, C.
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Thompson, L.
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Vercoe, T.
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[GLOBAL. Report to CIFOR, IBPGR and ICRAF on the CGIAR’s International Research Program on Forest, Genetic Resources]
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GLOBAL. Report to CIFOR, IBPGR and ICRAF on the CGIAR’s International Research Program on Forest, Genetic Resources
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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[Hutan kita, keputusan kita: sebuah survei mengenai prinsip-prinsip untuk pengambilan keputusan di Malinau]
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Hutan kita, keputusan kita: sebuah survei mengenai prinsip-prinsip untuk pengambilan keputusan di Malinau
Previous research identified three important issues of relevance to forest people's roles in sustain- able forest management which we address here: the presence of a Conservation ethics, a feeling of closeness to the forest, and a significant forest-culture link. In this paper we examine a method...
A UNEP-sponsored project, implemented by CIFOR focused on the West African humid forests of Ghana and Nigeria. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cameroon also were included in the study. The general objective of the project was to integrate all available information on humid forest formations in this reg...
Dykstra, D.P.
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Kowero, G.S.
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Ofosu-Asiedu, A.
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Kio, P.
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[Promoting stewardship of forests in the humid forest zone of Anglophone West and Central Africa: Final Report of a collaborative research project undertaken by the UNEP and CIFOR]
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Promoting stewardship of forests in the humid forest zone of Anglophone West and Central Africa: Final Report of a collaborative research project undertaken by the UNEP and CIFOR
This report describes Reduced-Impact Logging(RIL) which will be implemented in the lowland and hill dipterocarp forest of the Bulungan Model Forest project in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is anticipated that through the implementation and supervision of the RIL practices described in this docum...
Sist, P.
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Dykstra, D.P.
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Fimbel, R.
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[Reduced impact logging guidelines for lowland and hill dipterocarp forest in Indonesia]
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Reduced impact logging guidelines for lowland and hill dipterocarp forest in Indonesia
Brookfield, H.
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Potter, L.
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Byron, Y.
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[In place of the forest: environmental and socio-economic transformation in Borneo and the eastern Malay Peninsula]
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In place of the forest: environmental and socio-economic transformation in Borneo and the eastern Malay Peninsula
Gunarso, P.
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Setyawati, T.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Shackleton, Charlie M.
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[Pengelolaan sumberdaya hutan di era desentralisasi: pelajaran yang dipetik dari hutan penelitian Malinau, Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia]
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Pengelolaan sumberdaya hutan di era desentralisasi: pelajaran yang dipetik dari hutan penelitian Malinau, Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia
