Exploring local perspectives for conservation planning: A case study from a remote forest community in Indonesian Papua

Forests

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3278-3303

  van Heist, Miriam ^a   Liswanti, Nining ^b   Boissière, Manuel ^b,c   Padmanaba, Michael ^b,d   Basuki, Imam ^b,e   Sheil, Douglas ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community mapping; Forest conservation; Forest dependent people; Land use planning; Participatory approach; Resource management; Scoring exercise

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MAPPING; SURVEYS;

FOREST CONSERVATION; FOREST-DEPENDENT PEOPLE; LAND USE PLANNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCORING EXERCISE;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MAPPING; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION;

INDONESIA; PAPUA [(PRV) INDONESIA];

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84946605848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f6093278     Document Type: Article

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