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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Community Forest"”.
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Community-based natural resource management: The case of Community Forest Management Areas in Pete, Zanzibar
The shift from centralised conservation to Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) was the highlight of the conservation discourse across the world during the late 1980s and early 1990s. CBNRM efforts were believed to have the potential of successfully merging biodiversity conservation …
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Identifying the effects of land use and policy on disturbance regimes in the Teanaway Community Forest, Washington
The historic fire regime of the forests of the Eastern Cascades, Washington, has been described as one of high-frequency, low-severity fires using fire scar analysis. Over the past few centuries, the historically open, park-like ponderosa pine-dominated stands have been significantly altered due to …
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Evaluating Community Forestry in Huai Lu Luang, Thailand
Forest tenure and the acquisition of land deeds for forest dwellers in Thailand remain problematic and inconsistent. The Royal Forestry Department (RFD) governs state forests in this politically decentralized country, with the state parlimentary government drafting, sometimes conflicting policies, …
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Evaluating Community Forestry in Huai Lu Luang, Thailand
Forest tenure and the acquisition of land deeds for forest dwellers in Thailand remain problematic and inconsistent. The Royal Forestry Department (RFD) governs state forests in this politically decentralized country, with the state parlimentary government drafting, sometimes conflicting policies, …
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Spatial frailty modelling for multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis mortality in Namibia
… of the most marginalised people in the Okongo Community Forest and Conservancy. Traditionally, their economic system largely centred on hunting and gathering. The arrival of the bantu-speaking people in the San’s traditional hunting grounds, however, changed their economic system and …
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The Efficiency of Community Forests: Successful and Unsuccessful Examples From Nepal
This study suggests that transfer of State forests to the local communities is the least cost policy option to improve prevailing deforestation problem in Nepal. However, there are few problems at operational, institutional, and policy levels, which are restricting community forest (CF) …
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A Plan Establishing Outdoor Classrooms to Facilitate Multidisciplinary Environmental Education
… results will be to return the benefits of a "community forest" to a barren school campus and to provide various outdoor education areas where children can play, learn, and most importantly, develop an appreciation for their environment. This project includes construction of outdoor classroom …
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The potential for trickle up : how local actors' experiments influence national forest policy planning
The loss of forests in Vietnam encouraged central government policy makers to consider new ways to manage forest resources. A major forest policy shift -- moving away from state-led management -- began in earnest in pilot provinces in 1998, with the handing over of forest land and management …
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Local land use on Borneo: applications of indigenous knowledge systems and natural resource utilization among the Benuaq Dayak of Kalimantan, Indonesia
… The study identifies and analyzes instances of community related land management and resource utilization in the interior of Borneo. As forest dwelling people, the environment has shaped the culture and life ways of the Dayak. They have developed a complex system of cultural aspects in relation …
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Three essays on environmental economics in developing countries
… between agricultural productivity and deforestation, as well as the effect community forest management on deforestation. The second theme focuses on the effect that electricity generation from fossil fuel power plants has on air pollution, and the effects from air pollution on health. …
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Forest and woodland regeneration dynamics and persistence in the human- modified landscape of Greater Gombe Ecosystem, Tanzania
AbstractThe clearing of tropical forests and woodlands for human use puts many species at risk of extinction. Vast areas of forests and woodlands have been converted to fragmented patches located within mosaics of different land uses (e.g., agricultural lands and human settlements). Some …
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To defend ourselves: common property management of forests in northern Thailand
… shift is occurring in the view of planning for forest areas occupied and used by indigenous people. It is being recognized as important to integrate customary law, such as common property rights to forest lands, into the framework of national policy. However, while this is being recognized on a …
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OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS TO COMMUNITY FORESTS FOR LOCAL INCOME GENERATION AND LIVELIHOOD: A CASE STUDY OF FOUR COMMUNITY FORESTS IN BUMTHANG DISTRICT, BHUTAN
Bhutan has had an active community forestry program since 2000. A key feature of the nationally organized program is the devolution of forest management and use to local residents who participate in a “Community Forestry Management Groups” (CFMG) for managing nearby community forests (CF) according …
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OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS TO COMMUNITY FORESTS FOR LOCAL INCOME GENERATION AND LIVELIHOOD: A CASE STUDY OF FOUR COMMUNITY FORESTS IN BUMTHANG DISTRICT, BHUTAN
Bhutan has had an active community forestry program since 2000. A key feature of the nationally organized program is the devolution of forest management and use to local residents who participate in a “Community Forestry Management Groups” (CFMG) for managing nearby community forests (CF) according …
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An investigation of carbon sequestration, storage capacity, and air pollution removal by trees in the Resort Municipality of Whistler
… pollution removal benefits can lead to better forest management planning and protection strategies by revealing a more holistic understanding of forest carbon and air quality. Forests are a main driver for many carbon offset programs through sequestering and carbon storage, while policy makers …
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General assessment of urban community forestry activities in Iowa 1994 to 1996
… potential impacts of these planting, programs on community forest management in Iowa communities. Objectives of this study were to: (i) measure increases in community forestry activities in Iowa towns after they received utility-based tree-planting funds, and (ii) develop base-line information on …
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Aboriginal forest tenure and governance in British Columbia : exploring alternatives from a Stellat'en First Nation community perspective
… contribute to the identification of appropriate forest tenure and governance designs that are in congruence with Aboriginal values, interests and rights. The research is highly relevant to current societal deliberations on sustainable forest management as well as to the future of the forest …
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Economic analysis of participatory forest management in Kenya
… to management of common pool resources such as forests led policy makers and donors to conclude that devolution of forest management to local communities can be the only solution to such failures. Developing countries have thus resorted to devolution of forest management to forest adjacent …
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Shaping an inclusive waterfront : community engagement in the redevelopment of San Francisco's Pier 70
Community engagement in large-scale development projects is a critical step in the real estate development process, needed both to obtain official project approval and to gain feedback to create projects that better provide for and respond to the needs of the community. In San Francisco and other …
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