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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"forest policy"”.
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An institutional analysis of change in China's forest policy 1949- 2009
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Forestry, 2009
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Concession and permit forest policy reform for the Colombian Pacific coast
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995.
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Forest policy enforcement at the Amazon frontier : the case of Mato Grosso, Brazil
Mit dem Ziel einer erhöhten Durchsetzung der Waldgesetze zur Kontrolle von Entwaldung führte die Umweltbehörde von Mato Grosso im Jahre 1999 ein neues Umweltlizenzsystem ein. Die vorliegende Dissertation untersucht die Wirksamkeit dieses Umweltlizenzsystem durch eine Kombination quantitativ und …
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Roots of change : front line workers and forest policy reform in West Bengal
This dissertation examines the case of forest policy reform in the Indian state of West Bengal. In 1989, the Government of West Bengal adopted a policy of involving local communities in the protection and management of state owned forest lands, generally called Joint Forest Management (JFM). …
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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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Forest resource management in Ghana : an analysis of policy and institutions
… countries that they have adopted sustainable forest policies in return for bilateral and multilateral donor grants, deforestation rates are still quite high. In order to understand this problem, it has been suggested that forest policies of individual countries should be critically examined. …
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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 long-run timber output projection model for the nonindustrial private forest sector
The nonindustrial private forest sector controls 58 percent of the nation’s commercial forest area. Timber output from the NIPF has been a major forest policy issue throughout this century. A long-run regional timber output projection model was developed for the NIPF sector. The model was based …
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Miljömålet i skogsbruket : Styrning och frivillighet
… analyzes the changes in the way Swedish forest policy has been developed and implemented in the past few decades. Its primary focus is on the period from the adoption of new legislation governing forestry in 1993 to date, though the historical antecedents of the more recent developments …
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Forest Stewardship Council certification of public forests: five case studies
… have chosen to pursue third party sustainable forest certification of publicly owned lands using the principles and criteria of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Studying the impact of FSC certification on Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania may provide the Colorado State …
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Assessment of Natural Resources Management in Zanzibar:A Case of Forest Resource in North Pemba
… the factors contributing to the mismanagement of forest resources in North Pemba as relating to Zanzibar Environmental Policy. This study was conducted in Micheweni, Kiuyu Maziwang’ombe, Konde and Mapofu wards in Micheweni district and Mchangamdogo, Mtambwe, Kojani and Shenge juu wards from Wete …
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Decentralising forest management in India: the case of Van Panchayats in Kumaun.
… of the political settlement in Indian forest policy. In the last two decades the rapid degradation of Indian forests has led to a reconsideration of who should manage the forests and with what priorities. An agenda has emerged which identifies the decentralisation of resources to local …
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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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Local regulatory and economic instruments to encourage tropical forestry conservation : an analysis of the policy process in Costa Rica and Mexico
Forests are the most biologically diverse land ecosystems, providing shelter, jobs, and security to people who depend on them. However, global deforestation continues alarmingly; for decades, people destroyed approximately 13 million hectares (32 million acres) annually, largely in tropical …
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Making Albanian Forestry Work
… some segments of the economy, but to date the forestry sector has been negatively affected by the transition. The decline of forest resources accelerated and continues. Inefficiencies, price distortions, government fiscal austerity, rapid expansion of livestock, and illegal harvesting point to …
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Standardization of Street Sampling Units to Improve Street Tree Population Estimates Derived by i-Tree Streets Inventory Software
Street trees are a subpopulation of the urban forest resource and exist in the rights-of-way adjacent to public roads in a municipality. Benefit-cost analyses have shown that the annual benefits provided by the average street tree far outweigh the costs of planting and maintenance. City and …
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Scaling up collaborative governance for better fit and flexibility: a case study of the Two-Rivers Three-Watersheds Two-States (2-3-2) partnership
… a legacy of fire suppression, the United States Forest Services (USFS) and academic scholars have promoted the planning and implementation of forest restoration activities at larger geographic scales than has been typical in forest management. To achieve landscape-level restoration, efforts must …
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Social agency in alpine communal forests : local actors' interactions with communal forests and participation in communal forestry in the French and Swiss Alps
Given the vast amount of policy discourse claiming that participation of local communities is a condition for sustainable forest management, this research aims at understanding how local actors actually perceive - and interact with - their communally owned forests. <br> <br>Without predetermining …
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