This paper describes the experiences and lessons learned in applying a multi-agent systems (MAS) model to study the dynamics and…
Authors: Campo, P.C.; Mendoza, G.A.; Guizol, P.
Management
Facilitating forests of learning: Enabling an adaptive collaborative approach in community forest user groups: a guidebook
Publication Year : 2009
In this guidebook, we share suggestions for how a team of facilitators and a community forest user group (CFUG) can…
Authors: McDougall, C.; Pandit, B.H.; Banjade, M.R.; Paudel, K.P.; Ojha, H.; Maharjan,M.; Rana, S.; Bhattarai, T.; Dangol, S.
Out of the loop: Why research rarely reaches policy makers and the public and what can be done
Publication Year : 2009
Most of the worlds population that derives their livelihoods or part of their livelihoods from forests are out of the…
Authors: Shanley, P.; Lopez, C.
Community forest management for timber extraction in the Amazon frontier
Publication Year : 2009
Amazonian communities have the potential for improving their livelihoods by efficiently managing their forest resources. However, there is limited understanding…
Authors: Medina, G.; Pokorny B.; Campbell, B.M.
Land-Use and Land-Cover Dynamics in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia
Publication Year : 2009
Understanding the complexity of land-use and land-cover (LULC) changes and their driving forces and impacts on human and environmental security…
Authors: Garedew, E; Sandewall, M.; Söderberg, U.; Campbell, B.M.
El papel de las instituciones informales en el uso de los recursos forestales en América Latina
Publication Year : 2009
This study adopts an institutional approach to analyze the way in which informal rules, in their interaction with formal rules,…
Authors: Pacheco, P.; Barry, D.; Cronkleton, P.; Larson, A.M.
Más allá de los derechos de tenencia: El acceso comunitario a los recursos forestales en América Latina
Publication Year : 2009
This occasional paper is the result of research carried out from 2006 to 2008 on the effects of new tenure…
Authors: Larson, A.M.; Cronkleton, P.; Barry, D.; Pacheco, P.
Governing the teak furniture business: a global value chain system dynamic modelling approach
Publication Year : 2009
Javanese teak forest constitutes more than 35% of world teak forests. It provides employment and livelihood to millions of people.…
Authors: Purnomo, H.; Guizol, P.; Muhtaman, D.R.
Acesso à terra e meios de vida: examinando suas interações em três locais no estado do Pará
Publication Year : 2009
Authors: Pacheco, P.; Nunes, W.; Rocha, C.; Vieira, I; Herrera, J.A.
Sustainable forest management practice in Central African States and customary law
Publication Year : 2009
Sustainable forest management (SFM) has become a major focus for the international community. This is because of the multifunctional importance…
Authors: Assembe Mvondo, S.