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| Pokorny, Benno; University of Freiburg; benno.pokorny@waldbau.uni-freiburg.de. |
| Timber companies and policy makers in the Brazilian Amazon urgently need financial information on forest management. Results from a few experiments, case studies, and surveys have been groundbreaking, but are insufficient. A strategic partnership between timber companies and research organizations is needed to generate additional information. This paper presents a tool for monitoring production and costs of forest operations to facilitate such collaboration. The tool provides useful information for companies and, at the same time, generates reliable data for research. Selected results are presented on production, capacity, and costs to demonstrate the usefulness of the information that can be generated. These results are based on the first 2 years of... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Brazilian Amazon; Costs; Forest operations; Monitoring; Productivity; Reduced-impact logging. |
| Ano: 2005 |
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| Neudoerffer, R. Cynthia; University of Guelph; rneudoer@uoguelph.ca; Waltner-Toews, David; University of Guelph; dwaltner@uoguelph.ca; Kay, James J.; Deceased 05/30/ 2004. Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo;; Joshi, D. D.; NZFHRC;; Tamang, Mukta S.; SAGUN;. |
| As part of developing an international network of community-based ecosystem approaches to health, a project was undertaken in a densely populated and socio-economically diverse area of Kathmandu, Nepal. Drawing on hundreds of pages of narrative reports based on surveys, interviews, secondary data, and focus groups by trained Nepalese facilitators, the authors created systemic depictions of relationships between multiple stakeholder groups, ecosystem health, and human health. These were then combined to examine interactions among stakeholders, activities, concerns, perceived needs, and resource states (ecosystem health indicators). These qualitative models have provided useful heuristics for both community members and research scholars to understand the... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Complex systems theory; Ecosystem approaches; Human health; Kathmandu; Nepal; Social-ecological systems.. |
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| Xa’an palm (Sabal yapa) has been used to thatch traditional Maya houses for over 3000 years. In the Yucatan Peninsula, this palm has been introduced to pasturelands, maize fields (milpas), and homegardens. These and other traditional management systems are usually believed to be sustainable, but there is as yet little evidence to support this hypothesis. Demographic models have been used for this purpose, mainly focusing on population growth rate (λ). So far, retrospective analysis has not been applied, even though it examines how changes in the the life cycle of a species, caused by different management regimes, affect its λ. In this study, we assess whether ecologically sustainable use of xa’an occurs in... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Ethnoecology; LTRE; Mexico; NTFP; Sabal yapa; Traditional management; Xa’an palm; Yucatan.. |
| Ano: 2005 |
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| Xu, Jianchu; Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences; jxu@icimod.org; Ma, Erzi T; Liangshan Nationality Institute;; Tashi, Duojie; Snowland Greatrivers Environmental Protection Association; uyohata@sina.com; Fu, Yongshou; Yunnan College of Art; yongshou_f@yahoo.com; Lu, Zhi; Conservation International; luzhi@pku.edu.cn; Melick, David; Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences; dmelick@mail.kib.ac.cn. |
| China is undergoing economic growth and expansion to a free market economy at a scale and pace that are unprecedented in human history. This is placing great pressure on the country’s environment and cultural diversity. This paper examines a number of case histories in China, focusing on the culturally varied and ecologically diverse southwest region of the country. We show how developments in recent Chinese history have devalued and in some cases eliminated indigenous knowledge and practices in the quest to strengthen the centralized state. Despite these changes, more than 30 ethnic minorities live in southwest China. For generations these peoples have maintained landscapes through traditional land use and cultural practices. This indigenous... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Economic development; Environmental degradation; Ethnic minorities; Indigenous knowledge; Sacred knowledge; China. |
| Ano: 2005 |
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| Dale, Ann; Royal Roads University; ann.dale@royalroads.ca. |
| Sustainable development research is inherently interdisciplinary; it requires the conscious search for unifying concepts that foster and reinforce understanding across disciplines. In addition, the number of sectors and actors involved in potential solutions requires a multistakeholder approach to decision making. The challenge of sustainable development research increasingly presents itself as a problem-solving activity. It involves producing useful knowledge through applied research. It is normative and not value-free. It involves complex issues of polity and culture. Thus, sustainable development research needs novel methods for research, for bringing together expertise that crosses disciplines and sectors, and for informing policy development. It also... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Collaborative inquiry; E-dialogue; Interdisciplinary research; Multistakeholder process; Research methods; Sustainable development. |
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