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Guedes Pinto, L.F.Shanley, P.Cota Gomes, A.P.Robinson, D.[Experience with NTFP certification in Brazil]Experience with NTFP certification in Brazil
Autor: Yasmi, Y.

The paper describes underlying causes of conflicts between local people in Bulungan Research Forest (BRF), Indonesia with coal-mining and logging companies. Results show that conflict between local people and mining companies was triggered by the fact that mining operation caused water and air po...


Yasmi, Y.[Understanding conflict in the co-management of forests: the case of Bulungan Research Forest]Understanding conflict in the co-management of forests: the case of Bulungan Research Forest

International calls for sustainable development advocate that forest management should be carried out in a multi-stakeholder environment. The importance of community participation is acknowledged in the Indonesian act no. 41 on Forestry (1999). However, it is not clear how to achieve this in area...


Purnomo, H.Yasmi, Y.Prabhu, R.Yuliani, L.Priyadi, H.Vanclay, J.K.[Multi-agent simulation of alternative scenarios of collaborative forest management]Multi-agent simulation of alternative scenarios of collaborative forest management

This paper identifies strategic weaknesses in the devolution policy process in forest management and analyses the reasons behind them. Further, it establishes the relationship of devolution policy outcomes with governance and institutional structures. The field research was undertaken in the Phil...


Dahal, G.R.Capistrano, D.[Forest governance and institutional structure: an ignored dimension of community based forest management in the Philippines]Forest governance and institutional structure: an ignored dimension of community based forest management in the Philippines

This paper contains an overview of the state of human health in and around forests, and the causal links between forests and human health. It identifies four central links between forests and human health, focusing on two central questions: 1. What are the human health conditions in and around fo...


Colfer, C.J.P.Sheil, DouglasKaimowitz, D.Kishi, M.[Forests and human health in the tropics: some important connections]Forests and human health in the tropics: some important connections

This paper examines the influence of an adaptive collaborative management approach (ACM) on poor people’s control over, and benefits from, a community-based non-timber forest product (NTFP) network enterprise in the Eastern Hills of Nepal. The approach involved shifts in governance and management...


Pandit, B.H.McDougall, C.Belcher, B.Kumar, C.Maharjan, M.R.[Leveraging poor people’s access to ownership and benefits of community-based forest enterprises: the role of an adaptive collaborative management approach]Leveraging poor people’s access to ownership and benefits of community-based forest enterprises: the role of an adaptive collaborative management approach
Autor: Liu Dachang

This article reviews the policies for the tenure and management of non-state forests that have undergone fundamental changes in China since the early 1950s. Private ownership and household management that were dominant in 1950-55 gave way to collectivization in 1956. Collective management remaine...


Liu Dachang[Tenure and management of non-state forests in China since 1950: a historical review]Tenure and management of non-state forests in China since 1950: a historical review

Secondary forests form a major component of the forest types in the Central Himalayan region and in the north eastern hills of India. Deforestation in these areas is largely due to external pressures of timber extraction for industrial use. When large scale deforestation from outside the region i...


Ramakrishnan, P.S.Kushwaha, S.P.S.[Secondary forests of the Himalaya with emphasis on the north-eastern hill region of India]Secondary forests of the Himalaya with emphasis on the north-eastern hill region of India

Swidden farming is the main agent of conversion of primary forests to secondary forests in the highlands of mainland Southeast Asia, but there is a deterioration and decline of the practice with land use intensification. The population growth in northern Thailand has forced lowland farmers practi...


Schmidt-Vogt, D.[Secondary forests in swidden agriculture inthe highlands of Thailand]Secondary forests in swidden agriculture inthe highlands of Thailand

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