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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1996
    Indonesia

    There have been several major research efforts on the rate and causes of Indonesia's deforestation in recent years and much associated literature, but there is still no consensus in the research community on these issues. This paper reviews the areas of uncertainty and confusion, and proposes questions that must be answered to get a better grasp of the subject. Among the key questions are: (1) How are we to define "forest", "deforestation" and "agency” in the context of Indonesia?

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1996
    Indonesia

    What policies should be adopted regarding enclave populations in national parks and other protected areas and how should the policies be implemented? These questions are important for protected areas throughout the world. Andrew P. Vayda and Ahmad Sahur report here on socio-economic and historical research that they conducted in the rapidly industrialising Indonesian province of East Kalimantan to help deal with such questions.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1996
    Indonesia

    Previous research identified three important issues of relevance to forest people's roles in sustain- able forest management which we address here: the presence of a Conservation ethics, a feeling of closeness to the forest, and a significant forest-culture link. In this paper we examine a method (the Galileo), recently pre-tested for this purpose in West Kalimantan, which we hope can help us to assess such issues quickly, reliably and in a quantitative manner amenable to use by would-be assessors of various educational and experiential levels.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1996
    Romania, Laos, India, Italy, Madagascar, Myanmar

    The Fourth International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources, organized in Leipzig, Germany 17-23 June 1996 (see this number of the Forest Genetic Resources bulletin [FGR]), adopted a Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.This plan excluded consideration of forest genetic resources, "..

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1996
    Tanzania, Kenya, Ecuador, Sweden, Cameroon, Thailand, Italy
  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1996
    Kenya, Sweden, Thailand, Peru

    La foresterie joue un role important dans la sécurité alimentaire. L’accès à la forêt est indispensable pour que la communauté puisse tirer des avantages des resources forestières.

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