Decision-making for multi-purpose forestry requires well-aligned public participation and stakeholder interaction. The operational research community has developed both the theory and practice of problem-structuring methods (PSMs) to help stakeholders determine a solvable joint problem...

This contribution promotes the application of an adaptive collaborative management (ACM) approach for social learning in the context of Nepal's community forestry program. We highlight the principles of the ACM process, the problems, potentials and limitations of the approach especially to...

The management of the walnut-fruit forests is one of the key issues in the forestry sector of Kyrgyzstan as it has to address the challenges related to the conservation of forest resources, socio-economic efficiency and the livelihoods of people. The demand for an assessment of the current...