“Why do so many forestry aid projects fail?” is a question being asked more frequently. Most replies list technical difficulties in implementation. However, this paper argues that the answer can only be found through understanding two much more general processes; how a forestry activity relates t...
Byron, R.N.
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[International development assistance in forestry and land management: the process and the players]
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International development assistance in forestry and land management: the process and the players
This paper examines the needs for forest science for the 21st century and ways of organising research to meet them. The world of the 21st century will be one of knowledge-based societies and globalised economies. The need for global stewardship of the environmental and social values of forests is...
Byron, R.N.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[Organising forestry research to meet the challenges of the information age]
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Organising forestry research to meet the challenges of the information age
Land-use options that increase resilience and reduce vulnerability of contemporary societies are fundamental to livelihood improvement and adaptation to environmental change. Agroforestry as a traditional land-use adaptation may potentially support livelihood improvement through simultaneous prod...
Can policies designed to maximize exploitation by elites benefit the people who live in forests? Forestry policy throughout the developing world originates from European ‘‘scientific’’ forestry traditions exported during the colonial period. These policies were implemented by foreign and local el...
Larson, A.M.
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Ribot, J.C.
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[The poverty of forestry policy: double standards on an uneven playing field]
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The poverty of forestry policy: double standards on an uneven playing field
Six brief articles envisage forests and forestry in 2050 in Africa (Umeh; Omoluabi), Asia and the Pacific (Salleh). Europe (Prins), Latin America and the Caribbean (Tomaselli), the Near East (Abdel Nour) and North America (Dombeck; Moad). A final section by Sayer discusses the future management o...
Umeh, L.I.
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Omoluabi, C.
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Salleh, M.N.
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Prins, C.
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Tomaselli, I.
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Abdel Nour, H.O.
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Dombeck, M.
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Moad, A.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[Forests and the future: regional perspectives]
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Forests and the future: regional perspectives
A range of countries have sought more equitable governance of their natural resources, by devolving decision-making and resource control to local populations. In 1994, Cameroon adopted a new law granting local communities the possibility of greater control over forests, principally in response to...
Jum, C.N.
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Diaw, C.
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Nguiebouri, J.
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Zoa, M.
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[Enhancing sustainable forest management in Cameroon through a model forest based approach]
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Enhancing sustainable forest management in Cameroon through a model forest based approach
In this article an outline is given of the history of information and publishing in forestry, communications technology is described (including mobile computing, GIS and satellite observations), and the future exchange of information via the Internet and web-based services is discussed. Two examp...
Paivinen, R.
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Mills, R.
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Hailu, M.
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Saarikko, J.
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[The forest of information: beating paths through the jungle]
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The forest of information: beating paths through the jungle
Asquith, N.M.
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Vargas, M.T.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Selling two environmental services: in-kind payments for bird habitat and watershed protection in Los Negros, Bolivia]
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Selling two environmental services: in-kind payments for bird habitat and watershed protection in Los Negros, Bolivia