Although there has been increasing interest in trying to link the livelihoods of people living near natural resources, there has been little attempt to systematically assess or measure this linkage. A conceptual framework for defining the linkage between livelihood activities and conservation is ...
Salafsky, N.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Linking livelihoods and conservation: a conceptual framework and scale for assessing the integration of human needs and biodiversity]
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Linking livelihoods and conservation: a conceptual framework and scale for assessing the integration of human needs and biodiversity
Costs of applying silvicultural treatments prescribed to increase yields of timber and non-timber forest products from natural forests should be calculated differently for industrial logging companies, private non-industrial forest owners, and community based forest management operations. For for...
The key hypotheses underlying ASB research in Indonesia has been intensifying land use as an alternative to slash and burn can simultaneously reduce deforestation and reduce poverty. The intensification hypothesis hinges on the existence of opportunities to raise the productivity of smallholder s...
Tomich, Thomas P.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Budidarsono, S.
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Gillison, A.N.
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Kusumanto, T.
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Murdiyarso, Daniel
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Stolle, F.
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Fagi, A.M.
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[Agricultural intensification, deforestation, and the environment: assessing tradeoffs in Sumatra, Indonesia]
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Agricultural intensification, deforestation, and the environment: assessing tradeoffs in Sumatra, Indonesia
Attempts to reconcile economic development with environmental conservation in a forest area in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, are reviewed for the district of Malinau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, an area of 42,000 km2 that is still largely covered in rainforest. The history of the region is describe...
Boedhihartono, Agni K.
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Gunarso, P.
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Levang, P.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[The principles of conservation and development: do they apply in Malinau?]
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The principles of conservation and development: do they apply in Malinau?
The formulation of Cameroon's 1994 Forestry Law was influenced by the World Bank, the Government of Cameroon and French politicians, as well as by logging companies and individual Cameroonian politicians. Development objectives, direct material interests and political concerns motivated their act...
Ekoko, F.
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[Balancing politics, economics and conservation: the case of the Cameroon forestry law reform]
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Balancing politics, economics and conservation: the case of the Cameroon forestry law reform
Within the new array of 'green' products and services, ecotourism claims to combine environmental responsibility with the generation of local economic benefits that will have both a development impact and serve as conservation incentives. Economic incentives are imperative for nature conservation...
Management of the Danau Sentarum National Park for ecosystem and species conservation must accomodate fishing activity by thousands of villagers living there. Fishery investigations helped determine how this might be accomplished. Fishing gear surveys revealed that villagers use 800 km of gill ne...
This paper presents the combined results of two separate orangutan survey efforts and an assessment of land cover change analysis in the Danau Sentarum, National Park (DNSP), West Kalimantan, Indonesia These studies show that the DNSP and surrounding areas contain high numbers of orangutans, maki...
Russon, A.E.
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Meijard, E.
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Dennis, R.A.
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[Declining orangutan populations in and around Danau Sentarum]
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Declining orangutan populations in and around Danau Sentarum
Biodiversity conservation, as one criterion for evaluating forest sustainability, is assessed using a fuzzy analytic hierarchical framework organised around three concepts; criteria, indicators, and verifiers. Following this hierarchical framework, a biodiversity conservation index model was deve...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[A fuzzy analytic hierarchy process for assessing biodiversity conservation]
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A fuzzy analytic hierarchy process for assessing biodiversity conservation
This research note provides a brief look at the Danau Sentarum National Park (DSNP), West Kalimanta, Indonesia, and its vicinity after the end of the conservation project. It describes the current threats to the park which largely come in the form of boundary confusion, oil palm plantations, mini...
Wadley, R.L.
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Dennis, R.A.
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Meijaard, E.
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Erman, A.
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Valentinus, H.
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[After the conservation project: conditions and prospects]
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After the conservation project: conditions and prospects