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With food and climate change, policymakers risk betting on the wrong horse
… adaptive capacity, ”says Doris Mutta, senior researcher at the Kenya Forestry Research Institute. More important, with traditional varieties …
News, 31 October 2011
A local farmer uses manual callipers to measure a tree. Measuring trees in person can be cheaper and just as accurate (Photo: Geoff Wells)
The Paris Agreement, SDGs and simple local monitoring
… as is necessary. Dr Amy Duchelle from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) also talked about the need for cost effective …
Insight, 07 January 2016
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RRA Notes 12: General Issue
… the North-West Frontier of Pakistan Mehreen Hosain Harvesting local forestry knowledge: a comparison of RRA and conventional surveys Andy …
Article, 30 June 1991
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87 Case Study3 Using Analysis and Advocacy to Bring About Policy Change in Indonesia
… agriculture within the protected area. Small experimental community forestry projects seemed insignificant in the face of the tide of …
Publication, 01 January 1970
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Chapter 11 GLOBAL SECTOR-WIDE APPROACHES
… focusing on the entire cycle from fibre production (including forestry) to pulp and paper production, paper usage, recycling, energy …
Publication, 01 January 1970
A sign near Kathmandu, Nepal, warns of the dangers of landslides (Photo: Doug Letterman, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Nepal: Measuring resilience to climate change from the community up
… plans in place, as well as those that had done work on community forestry and strengthening local institutions. We asked members of each …
Insight, 07 February 2014
Report backs novel approach to improving forest governance
… have enabled practical actions for locally beneficial community forestry • Several investments in logging deals that were …
News, 17 August 2009
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PLA 39: Participatory Communication
… good magic Janis B. Alcorn A participatory GIS for community forestry user groups in Nepal Gavin Jordan and Bhuban Shrestha Adding …
Article, 30 September 2000
Gatekeeper series: Local organization Profiles
Article, 01 April 2010
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167 Case Study5 Scaling-up Success in the Baimaxuseshan Nature Reserve, China
… local people's welfare has been growing. An official from the State Forestry Administration estimated in 1997 that 30 million poor people …
Publication, 01 January 1970