The idea of holding an international workshop on priorities for forestry/agroforestry policy research stemmed from discussions among a number of…
Authors: Spears, J.; Oram, P.; Byron, R.N.; Scherr, S.J.; Izac., A.M.
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Who counts most in sustainable forest management?
Publication Year : 1995
This paper proposes a method for identifying and defining the most significant actors in sustain- able forest management. A rationale…
Authors: Colfer, C.J.P.
Principles, criteria and indicators: applying Ockham’s Razor to the people-forestry link
Publication Year : 1995
This concept paper addresses those elements in the people-forest interface which we perceive as critical to sustainable forest management, based…
Authors: Colfer, C.J.P.; Prabhu, R.; Wollenberg, E.
CIFOR’s research programme on conservation of tropical forest genetic resources
Publication Year : 1996
The research programme described is intended to comprehensively answer key questions relating to in situ conservation of genetic resources. Outputs…
Authors: Boyle, T.J.B.
Estimating sustainable timber production from tropical forests
Publication Year : 1996
Natural forests in the humid tropics differ from temperate and plantation forests in several ways: there may be many tree…
Authors: Vanclay, J.K.
Situating Zimbabwe’s natural resource governance systems in history
Publication Year : 2000
This paper reviews natural resource governance in Zimbabwes peasant sector from colonial to post-colonial times. Governance is considered within the…
Authors: Mandondo, A.
Assessing “participation” in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions
Publication Year : 1996
This paper reports the results of a pre-test in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, of four methods designed to assess the level…
Authors: Colfer, C. J. P.; Wadley, R.L.
Assessing people’s perceptions of forests in Danau Sentarum Wildlife reserve
Publication Year : 1996
Previous research identified three important issues of relevance to forest people’s roles in sustain- able forest management which we address…
Authors: Colfer, C. J. P.; Woelfer, J.; Wadley, R.L.; Harwell, E.
Rapid ecological assessment Kerinci Seblat National Park buffer zone: report on plant ecology.
Publication Year : 1996
A Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) was undertaken in two logging concessions bounding the Kerinci Seblat National Park in Central Sumatra.…
Authors: Gillison, A.N.; Liswanti, N.; Rachman, I.A.
Managing forests and improving the livelihoods of forest-dependent people: reflections on CIFORs social science research in relation to its mandate for generalisable strategic research
Publication Year : 1997
CIFOR has been actively engaged in field research in Indonesia focussing particularly on the role of forests and forest products…
Authors: Vayda, A.P.