The structure of this working paper is as follows. In the first part after the introduction, the theory underlying the IGS is discussed (Chapter 2); specifically the conceptual framework for which the IGS of a forest management planning design can be developed. Five concepts are discussed here,...

Although there is a rationale for a more conservative management of the remaining tropical forests, policy-makers in the tropical countries tend to be reluctant to implement appropriate policy measures, because they fear the short-run economic costs of environmental protection. Taking Indonesia...

This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of partnerships for the conservation and sustainable use of tropical forests involving various stakeholders at different levels or scales. It focuses on extractive reserves in Brazilian Amazonia and the partnerships and interactions that have...

Critical development theory has understood development and global environ-mental management practice to be the expression of euro-centric discourse that constructs objects such as development and sustainability. Such discourse is presented as a Western or Northern creation and as something...

This paper discusses the way in which local populations have transformed and adapted natural resource management institutions created through external interventions to fit their own goals. Drawing on the case of associations set up to manage extractive reserves in Rondnia, Brazilian Amazonia, it...

This paper studies optimal forest policies in an overlapping generations forest economy with one-sided altruism, where timber and monetary bequests can be made across generations and forest amenities are a public good. We extend the existing economics literature by demonstrating that timber...

This report provides an overview of the risks and opportunities associated with REDD for the rural poor in developing countries, with a particular emphasis on the practical forestry options under REDD in LDCs. The Report summarizes and discusses the existing available literature on the subject,...