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Forest decision-making is becoming more pluralistic. As the numbers of groups involved in forest decisions have increased, concern about how to accommodate multiple interests has similarly burgeoned. This article presents pluralism as a foundation for understanding how less powerful group's inter...


Wollenberg, Eva K.Anderson, J.Edmunds, D.[Pluralism and the less powerful: accommodating multiple interests in local forest management]Pluralism and the less powerful: accommodating multiple interests in local forest management

Over 70 years of familiarity with cocoa agroforests enables farmers of southern Cameroon to obtain food, medicinal plants and income from the ecosystem. Since 1994, social forestry activities in Cameroon have focused primarily on the idea of community forests. This approach is likely to encounter...


Sonwa, D.J.Weise, S.F.Tchatat, M.Nkongmeneck, B.A.Ndoye, O.Gockowski, J.[The role of cocoa agroforestry in rural and community forestry in southern Cameroon]The role of cocoa agroforestry in rural and community forestry in southern Cameroon

In 2002, mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) was listed on Appendix II of CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species). This requires that all producing countries define and implement sustainable production systems for mahogany, the most commercially important neotropical timb...


Snook, L.K.Santos Jimenez, M.Carreon Mundo, M.Chan Rivas, C.May Ek, F.J.Mas Kantun, P.Nolasco Morales, A.Hernández Hernández, C.Escobar Ruiz, C.[Ordenacion de bosques naturales para la explotacion sostenible de la caoba (Swietenia macrophylla): experiencias en bosques comunales de Mexico: experiencias en bosques comunales de Mexico]Ordenacion de bosques naturales para la explotacion sostenible de la caoba (Swietenia macrophylla): experiencias en bosques comunales de Mexico: experiencias en bosques comunales de Mexico
Autor: Oyono, P.R.

This paper examines Cameroon’s model of forest-management decentralisation by characterising its organisational infrastructure and by assessing – and anticipating – the ecological effects of those policy changes. The essay is based on nvironmental governance research conducted in Cameroon during ...


Oyono, P.R.[The social and organisational roots of ecological uncertainties in Cameroon’s forest management decentralisation model]The social and organisational roots of ecological uncertainties in Cameroon’s forest management decentralisation model

Responding to the decline of game, fruit and fiber, post-logging, communities along the Capim River in Pará, Brazil, requested that research be initiated into the value of non-timber forest products. As a first step, an ethnobotanical inventory of one hectare of mature terra firme forest was cond...


Shanley, P.Rosa, N.A.[Eroding knowledge: an ethnobotanical inventory in Eastern Amazonia's logging frontier]Eroding knowledge: an ethnobotanical inventory in Eastern Amazonia's logging frontier

Participatory approaches to development in general and natural resource management in particular are now a widely accepted management strategy. Multi-agent system (MAS), a computer-based tool, offers a promising approach for multi-stakeholder management systems such as the case involving communit...


Purnomo, H.Mendoza, G.A.Prabhu, R.Yasmi, Y.[Developing multi-stakeholder forest management scenarios: a multi-agent system simulation approach applied in Indonesia]Developing multi-stakeholder forest management scenarios: a multi-agent system simulation approach applied in Indonesia

Barriers to successful adoption of novel silvicultural practices are rarely just technical in nature. Simply put, why do some forest users practice better silviculture than others? Diverse perspectives in the social sciences have been brought to bear on this question, but most efforts suffer from...


Walter, B.B.Sabogal, C.Snook, L.K.Almeida, E. de[Constraints and opportunities for better silvicultural practice in tropical forestry: an interdisciplinary approach]Constraints and opportunities for better silvicultural practice in tropical forestry: an interdisciplinary approach
Engel, S.López, R.Palmer, C.[Community-industry contracting over natural resource use in a context of weak property rights: the case of Indonesia]Community-industry contracting over natural resource use in a context of weak property rights: the case of Indonesia

Stakeholder conflicts in relation to forest decentralization policies were studied in West Kalimantan, Indonesia to determine: 1) how these policies were understood by local stakeholders 2) how they were implemented 3) and their impacts in terms of forest management and conflicts. A case study us...


Yasmi, Y.Anshari, G.Z.Komarudin, H.Alqadrie, S.[Stakeholder conflicts and forest decentralization policies in West Kalimantan: their dynamics and implications for future forest management]Stakeholder conflicts and forest decentralization policies in West Kalimantan: their dynamics and implications for future forest management

Amazonian communities have the potential for improving their livelihoods by efficiently managing their forest resources. However, there is limited understanding of how communities are managing their forests in the dynamic Amazon frontier. This issue was studied in four areas in Bolivia, Brazil an...


Medina, G.Pokorny B.Campbell, Bruce M.[Community forest management for timber extraction in the Amazon frontier]Community forest management for timber extraction in the Amazon frontier

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