Secondary forests in the flood plains are important from the ecological, social and economical point of view. In this paper…
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This paper summarises the results of a study on the growth of 17 timber species that are commonly logged in…
Authors: Durrieu de Madron, L.; Nasi, R.; Detienne, P.
Global environment change, sociology, and paradigm isolation
Publication Year : 1995
There are three broad categories of thought on how to respond to problems associated with global environmental change: structural economic…
Authors: Sunderlin, W.D.
Comparison of bamboo production systems in six counties in China
Publication Year : 2001
The cases studied show a lively bamboo sector that is expanding, contributing to employment and economic development in rural areas…
Authors: Ruiz Perez, M.; Belcher, B.
Traditional wisdom meets artificial intelligence
Publication Year : 1999
This short article describes an unlikely, but fruitful, collaboration between an anthropologist and an Artificial Intelligence researcher, the purpose of…
Authors: Haggith, M.; Colfer, C.J.P.
Playing games in the forest: state-local conflicts of land appropriation
Publication Year : 2001
This paper explores possible strategic interactions between the state and local community in games of tropical forest land appropriation. Three…
Authors: Angelsen, A.
Secondary forest: a working definition and typology
Publication Year : 2001
With past and continued destruction of primary forest worldwide, secondary forest constitute a large and growing component of forest cover…
Authors: Chokkalingam, U.; de Jong, W.
Impact of crop producer price changes on quantities of woodland products collected by communal households in Chivi, Zimbabwe
Publication Year : 2002
The Zimbabwe woodlands are an important part of the rural households’ livelihood system as they meet requirements for food, energy,…
Authors: Mutamba, M.
Rehabilitation and restoration of degraded forests
Publication Year : 2001
Authors: Kobayashi, S.
Landscape rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest ecosystems: case study of CIFOR/Japan Project in Indonesia and Peru
Publication Year : 2001
Tropical forests are decreasing at the rate of 16.9 million hectares per year due mainly to clearing for agriculture and…
Authors: Kobayashi, S.