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Harare, Zimbabwe, 13-15 February 2002 An understanding of the interactions among diverse social and ecological factors is an essential prerequisite for those who wish to influence land use at forest margin, and the welfare of people who live there. The rich complexity of these interactions is a challenge for those who study communities at the forest margin. Participatory modelling offers one way to deal with the many disciplines and interactions involved, and has been greatly facilitated by modelling environments like Simile (http://www.ierm.ed.ac.uk/simile) and Cormas (http://cormas.cirad.fr/indexeng.htm). However, innovative ideas and small-scale case studies are more conspicuous than success stories in which participatory modelling has lead to improvements in the well-being of rural communities. This symposium brings together practitioners to share experiences, document achievements and insights, and identify opportunities and obstacles for influential modelling processes. Specific emphasis will be given to the practical applications of these tools. |
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Which Way Forward? Carol J. Pierce Colfer "On economic and social justice grounds,
as well as for biodiversity conservation and environmental management,
this is a rare and extremely useful analysis of forestry issues,
given growing domestic and international concern over the status
of Indonesia's forests." "An original contribution to understanding
the obstacles and opportunities for achieving forest policy reform
in Indonesia and elsewhere." Indonesia contains some of Asia's most biodiverse and threatened forests. The challenges result from both long-term management problems and the political, social, and economic turmoil of the past few years. The contributors to Which Way Forward? explore recent events in Indonesia, while focusing on what can be done differently to counter the destruction of forests due to asset-stripping, corruption, and the absence of government authority. Contributors to the book include anthropologists, economists, foresters, geographers, human ecologists, and policy analysts. Their concerns include the effects of government policies on people living in forests, the impact of the economic crisis on small farmers, links between corporate debt and the forest sector, and the fires of the late 1990s. By analyzing the nation's dramatic circumstances, they hope to demonstrate how Indonesia as well as other developing countries might handle their challenges to protect biodiversity and other resources, meet human needs, and deal with political change. The book includes an afterword by Emil Salim, former Indonesian Minister of State for Population and the Environment and former president of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme. Audience: forestry and natural resource specialists, policymakers, development professionals, NGOs, and environmental activists. A copublication of Resources for the Future, the
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and the Institute
for Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS).
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Carol J. Pierce Colfer and Yvonne Byron, editors Confusion and dismay are rampant among those concerned about human and environmental issues in the tropics - and with good reason. Forests are being degraded at apparently ever increasing rates; and human welfare in forested areas is at best remaining at a constant level, more often deteriorating. Many - researchers, environmentalists, policy-makers of various hues - are trying to address these problems in a variety of ways. This book represents the evolution of one cooperative effort to understand and develop mechanisms for dealing with these interrelated problems, and proposes some conclusions about how to improve our efforts in the future.
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Miombo Research Briefs Series is a publication of a CIFOR/EC Research Project: Management of Miombo Woodlands. The “Management of Miombo Woodlands” is an EC funded project implemented by CIFOR in Malawi, Mozambique Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, in collaboration with scientists from national institutions. The research is implemented in the Miombo woodlands as three sub-projects focusing on policy impact analysis, institutions and governance, and low impact harvesting of woodlands. The overall development objective of the project is to improve the productivity of the forestry sector and enhance its role in the welfare of people of the miombo ecozone through sustainable management and use of woodland resources. The focus of the research is to increase
the understanding of the management and use of the miombo woodlands
and how different policies influence man-woodland interactions and
provide new information to guide sustainable management of the woodlands. |
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The Indonesian translation of CIMAT Version 2 has been ready for download.
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CIMAT is a computer software designed to help users modify, customize and adapt the CIFOR C&I generic template and C&I sets of CIFOR industrial plantation, CIFOR community managed forest, International Tropical Timber Organization, Forest Stewardship Council, African Timber Organization and the Indonesian Ecolabelling Institute to meet local conditions and expectations. CIMAT also allows its users to develop an entirely new set of C&I from an 'empty' set. CIMAT will assist users by giving suggestions at any stage. Furthermore, CIMAT also provides guidance for assessment of C&I using multicriteria analysis i.e. analytic hierarchy process, ranking and rating. CIMAT can also be treated as a 'learning tool' for those who are merely interested in exploring the C&I knowledge store on it.
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This joint research project focuses on the question "What kinds of government-civil society relations enable people living near forests to influence forest management decisions, improve their livelihood and enhance forest resources?" Over the last two decades forest agencies around the world have sought to restructure government-civil society relations in forest areas by decentralizing government decision-making and, in some cases, devolving management authority to local-level civil groups. Community-based organizations, NGOs and other civil society actors have also worked to change these relations, demanding more local control over forest management policy and practice. |
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