Criteria and indicators to evaluate forest management (C&I) facilitate the understanding of and communication about sustainability. Thus an increasing number of national and international initiatives defined C&I sets for certification, monitoring and auditing of forest management. Because of the ...
Pokorny, B.
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Sabogal, C.
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Camino, Ronnie de
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[Metodologias para evaluar la aplicacion de criterios e indicadores en el manejo forestal de bosques tropicales en America Latina]
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Metodologias para evaluar la aplicacion de criterios e indicadores en el manejo forestal de bosques tropicales en America Latina
The social and environmental implications of plantations in the CDM are analysed under a hypothetical laissez faire approach and a proactive approach to sustainable development (SD), bounded by existing COP7 agreements and efficency and equity considerations. Implications for timber rich, timber ...
Smith, J.
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[Afforestation and reforestation in the clean development mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol: implications for forests and forest people]
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Afforestation and reforestation in the clean development mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol: implications for forests and forest people
To determine the regeneration dynamics and growth rate of mahogany in the natural tropical forests of Quintana Roo, oral histories were used to find essentially even-aged stands that had become established naturally between 2 and 75 years ago, after a hurricane, forest fires, or mechanical distru...
Snook, L.K.
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[Regeneracion y crecimiento de la caoba (Swietenia macrophylla King) en selvas de Quintana Roo]
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Regeneracion y crecimiento de la caoba (Swietenia macrophylla King) en selvas de Quintana Roo
The authors studied the Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project (NKMCAP), Bolivia, to assess whether forest protection carbon (C) projects can significantly benefit local people. They hypothesized that forest protection can only securely deliver C if significant stakeholders are meaningfully a...
Mahogany has become the flagship species in debates about the feasibility of sustainable forest management in the tropics. Communities that own and control approximately 500,000 ha of permanent forest estate in Quintana Roo, Mexico, and an NGO that manages over 100,000 ha in neighboring Belize, h...
Snook, L.K.
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[Partnerships and sustainable forest management: towards sustaining mahogany (Swietenia Macrophylla) in the Maya forest of Mexico and Belize]
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Partnerships and sustainable forest management: towards sustaining mahogany (Swietenia Macrophylla) in the Maya forest of Mexico and Belize
Because the term non-timber forest products encompasses such a vast array of goods, various certification schemes are being applied to them with greater or lesser degrees of success and relevance. This review positions NTFPs within the context of sustainable forest product certification, describi...
Prunus africana trees' bark from moist forests on Mt. Cameroon produce medicinal extractive that is traded internationally with high economic significance. Because sustainable bark harvesting was widely abandoned since the early 1990s and because the economic status of the rural population has de...
Schroder, J.M.
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[The case of Prunus africana (J.D. Hook): lesson from a non-timber forest product from Mount Cameroon]
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The case of Prunus africana (J.D. Hook): lesson from a non-timber forest product from Mount 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.
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Santos Jimenez, M.
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Carreon Mundo, M.
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Chan Rivas, C.
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May Ek, F.J.
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Mas Kantun, P.
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Nolasco Morales, A.
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Hernández Hernández, C.
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Escobar Ruiz, C.
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[Managing natural forests for sustainable harvests of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla): experiences in Mexico's community forests]
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Managing natural forests for sustainable harvests of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla): experiences in Mexico's community forests
This paper presents a comparative study of forest management across four countries in East Africa and Latin America: Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. It focuses on one question: Do varying proportions of women (low, mixed, high) in forest user groups influence their likelihood of adopting fore...
Mwangi, E.
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Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
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Yan Sun
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[Gender and sustainable forest management in East Africa and Latin America]
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Gender and sustainable forest management in East Africa and Latin America
Dry land resources have national and global significance. Ethiopia, in particular, is a dry land country whose resources are yet to be managed properly if they are to contribute meaningfully to the country’s socio-economic development and environmental resilience. Using major findings of several ...
Lemenih, Mulugeta
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Kassa, H.
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[Socio-economic and environmental significance of dry land resources of Ethiopia and their development challenges]
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Socio-economic and environmental significance of dry land resources of Ethiopia and their development challenges