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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2006
    Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, South-Eastern Asia

    Insight: Notes from the Field is a response to this need, and with this publication, we aim to give practitioners a forum to share field level cases and lessons in Community Forestry (CF) or Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM).  In this edition of Notes from the Field, there are inspirational stories on Community Forestry in Thailand, development of Village Forest Councils in India, experiences on Public Hearing and Public Auditing in community user groups in Nepal, and how to improve buffer zone co-management in protected areas of Vietnam.

  2. Library Resource
    January, 2006
    Indonesia, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    The promotion of forestry activities is seen as a means by which to reduce poverty while protecting the environment. But if clearing of forests for agricultural activities can prove more profitable, will such efforts be effective?

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2005
    Indonesia

    The report describes the impacts of forestry decentralization on district finance, local communities and spatial planning, drawing on an 18-month research project in Bulungan District in East Kalimantan Province. It describes forestry management policies following the implementation of regional autonomy, and their impacts on district revenue and local livelihoods. The authors analyze district spatial planning, forest land use and community control over forest lands.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2005
    Indonesia, Asia, South-Eastern Asia

    Local people in South-east Asia are often cited as skilled forest managers. It is barely acknowledged that an essential part of this forest management does not concern natural forests, but forests that have been planted, often after the removal of pre-existing natural forests; forests that are cultivated not by professional foresters, but by sedentary or swidden farmers, on their farmlands; forests that are based not on exotic, fast-growing trees, but on local tree species, and harbour an incredible variety of plant and animal species.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2005
    Indonesia

    The report describes the impacts of forestry decentralization on district finance, local communities and spatial planning, drawing on an 18-month research project in Bulungan District in East Kalimantan Province. It describes forestry management policies following the implementation of regional autonomy, and their impacts on district revenue and local livelihoods. The authors analyze district spatial planning, forest land use and community control over forest lands.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2005
    Dominica, Fiji, Samoa, Micronesia, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Vanuatu, Jamaica, Tonga, Suriname, Malta, Guinea, Guyana, Seychelles, Indonesia, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Palau, Bahamas, Barbados, Nauru, Cuba

    Situación de los bosques del mundo –que llega ahora a su sexta edición– presenta un panorama mundial del sector forestal en el que se ofrece la última informa-ción disponible sobre actividades y acontecimientos. Colaboraciones de organizaciones no gubernamen-tales (ONG), personas que actúan a título personal y funcionarios de la FAO ponen de relieve desafíos y oportunidades relacionados con algunas de las princi-pales cuestiones que están surgiendo actualmente.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2005
    Kenya, Laos, Switzerland, Japan, Malaysia, Germany, China, Madagascar, Indonesia, Ecuador, Canada, India, Pakistan, Italy, Sri Lanka

    تنشر <i>حالة الغابات في العالم</i> تقارير عن حالة الغابات وعن أحدث السياسات والتطورات المؤسسية والموضوعات الخاصة بقطاع الغابات.وفضلا عن ذلك تتيح <i>حالة الغابات في العالم</i> آخرالمعلومات المتعلقة بالسياسات الحرجية لتسهيل مناقشتها واتخاذ القرارات المتعلقة بغابات العالم.وتصدر <i>حالة الغابات في العالم</i> كل عامين باللغة العربية والصينية والإنجليزية والفرنسية والأسبانية.

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