In East Kalimantan, Indonesia drought is frequently followed by fire. The eastern part of Kutai Regency is susceptible to large-scale wildfires during severe droughts related to strong El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events as shown by the 1982-83 and 1997-98 fires. Since the 1982-83 forest f...
Toma, T.
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Oka, T.
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Marjenah
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Fatawi, M.
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Mori, T.
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[Forest rehabilitation requires fire prevention and community involvement]
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Forest rehabilitation requires fire prevention and community involvement
This paper briefly reviews CIFOR’s experience using participatory action research working with communities, user groups within communities, and with governments at various levels, in Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, Philippines, and Zimbabwe. The...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Komarudin, H.
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German, L.
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Nyangas, S.
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Siagian, Y.
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Tanui, J.
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[Participatory forest management, equity and local governance – keynote address]
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Participatory forest management, equity and local governance – keynote address
Since 1990, Central African States have made profound natural resource policy reforms. One of the main orientations of these reforms is known today as the ‘decentralization’ of forest management processes within a long lasting context of ‘complex political ecology’. This essay examines the effect...
Oyono, P.R.
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[Is decentralization in natural resource management leading to livelihoods improvement and sustainability?: evidence from Central Africa]
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Is decentralization in natural resource management leading to livelihoods improvement and sustainability?: evidence from Central Africa
In terms of sink activities in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) there is little information about carbon accumulation. This paper deals with case studies in natural young secondary forests and man made forests in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. East Kalimantan has high possibility of CDM activit...
Diana, R.
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Hadriyanto, D.
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Hiratsuka, M.
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Toma, T.
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Morikawa, Y.
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[Carbon stocks of fast growing tree species and baselines after forest fire in east Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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Carbon stocks of fast growing tree species and baselines after forest fire in east Kalimantan, Indonesia
This study estimates that sequestrated carbon by industrial tree plantations is at about 10 tC/ha/yr in good sites. The carbon accumulated by rehabilitation forests is not always less than that of industrial plantations. Selecting the suitable pecies could be one of the essential factors to succe...
Morikawa, Y.
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Ohta, S.
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Hiratsuka, M.
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Toma, T.
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[Carbon sequestration of man-made forests: sequestration estimate and its bearings on CDM]
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Carbon sequestration of man-made forests: sequestration estimate and its bearings on CDM
The state owned company, PT. Inhutani II Sub Unit Malinau, has managed the lowland dipterocarps forest in Malinau District, East Kalimantan for over 10 years. They established permanent sample plots (PSP) for measuring the growth and the yield in their area. However, current regulations do not gi...
Purnomo, H.
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Priyadi, H.
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Yasmi, Y.
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Yuliani, L.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Development of multistakeholder scenarios of secondary forest management: a multiagent system simulation approach]
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Development of multistakeholder scenarios of secondary forest management: a multiagent system simulation approach
The world is moving towards knowledge-based societies. Economies are globalising. The global public goods value of forests is being recognised at the same time that traditional role of state forest agencies in production forestry is declining, in part being taken over by multi-national corporatio...
Byron, R.N.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[Forest science research needs and priorities for sustainable forest management]
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Forest science research needs and priorities for sustainable forest management
Conflict has always been part of human life. For that reason, conflict is often viewed as a normal and unavoidable feature, including in the forestry sector, regardless of the cultural, spatial and temporal setting. Due to this problem, it is imperative to understand the broader picture of forest...
Yasmi, Y.
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[Disharmony in the heart of Borneo: a closer look at forestry conflicts in the tropics]
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Disharmony in the heart of Borneo: a closer look at forestry conflicts in the tropics
Kartawinata, K.
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[Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) - keynote address]
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Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) - keynote address
Ruiz Perez, M.
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[Opening remarks at workshop on social economics, marketing and policy of bamboo sector in China]
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Opening remarks at workshop on social economics, marketing and policy of bamboo sector in China